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Download Booklet CTP Template: CD_DPS1 COLOURS Compact Disc Booklet: Double Page Spread CYAN MAGENTA Customer NMC YELLOW Catalogue No. D150 BLACK Job Title NMC Song Book Page Nos. 60 - 1 CTP Template: CD_1PD1 COLOURS Compact Disc Booklet: Single Page CYAN MAGENTA Customer - NMC Recordings YELLOW Catalogue No. - D0150 BLACK Job Title - The NMC Songbook Page Nos.2 DEDICATED TO THE MEMORY OF BILL COLLERAN THE NMC SONGBOOK SONGS COMMISSIONED TO CELEBRATE THE 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF NMC RECORDINGS Andrew Swait • Sam Harris treble Elizabeth Atherton • Claire Booth • Ailish Tynan soprano Susan Bickley • Loré Lixenberg • Jean Rigby mezzo-soprano James Bowman • Michael Chance • Andrew Watts counter-tenor Benjamin Hulett • Andrew Kennedy • Daniel Norman tenor Omar Ebrahim • Richard Jackson • Stephan Loges George Mosley • David Stout • Roderick Williams baritone with Gerald Barry • Errollyn Wallen Andrew Ball • Iain Burnside • Michael Finnissy • Andrew Plant Jonathan Powell • Huw Watkins • Andrew West piano Lucy Wakeford harp Jane Chapman harpsichord Owen Gunnell percussion Antonis Hatzinikolaou guitar 2 CTP Template: CD_1PD1 COLOURS Compact Disc Booklet: Single Page CYAN MAGENTA Customer - NMC Recordings YELLOW Catalogue No. - D0150 BLACK Job Title - The NMC Songbook Page Nos.3 DISC ONE 1 DAVID SAWER 9 NICOLA LEFANU 16 JOE DUDDELL 24 JOE CUTLER The Source 1’55 The Bourne 3’27 Cease Sorrows Now 3’11 Bands 2’31 Claire Booth, soprano Elizabeth Atherton, soprano George Mosley, baritone Daniel Norman, tenor Susan Bickley, mezzo-soprano Lucy Wakeford, harp Iain Burnside, piano Andrew Ball, piano Owen Gunnell, tubular bells 10 NICHOLAS SACKMAN 17 ALISON BAULD 25 JAMES MACMILLAN 2 LUKE BEDFORD Maiden in the moor 2’40 Titania’s Song 3’34 Mouth of the Dumb 3’55 Upon St. George’s Hill 1’36 Benjamin Hulett, tenor Elizabeth Atherton, soprano Andrew Swait, treble Benjamin Hulett, tenor Owen Gunnell, percussion Andrew Ball, piano Sam Harris, treble Antonis Hatzinikolaou, guitar Lucy Wakeford, harp 11 JOHN WHITE 18 DONNACHA DENNEHY 3 ANTHONY POWERS Houses and Gardens Swift’s Epitaph 2’49 26 JONATHAN POWELL Shining Plain 3’55 in the Heart of Andrew Watts, counter-tenor Stanzas 1814 2’34 Andrew Kennedy, tenor England 2’31 Owen Gunnell, percussion Loré Lixenberg, mezzo-soprano Iain Burnside, piano Ailish Tynan, soprano Jonathan Powell, piano Iain Burnside, piano 19 HELEN GRIME 4 GARY CARPENTER Nobody Comes 3’26 27 THOMAS MORLEY Interlude 1’25 12 THOMAS MORLEY Jean Rigby, mezzo-soprano ARR. COLIN MATTHEWS Susan Bickley, mezzo-soprano ARR. COLIN MATTHEWS Huw Watkins, piano Galliard: Version 4 1’33 Jane Chapman, harpsichord Galliard: Version 2 1’28 Lucy Wakeford, harp 20 Iain Burnside, piano JOHN McCABE Antonis Hatzinikolaou, guitar 5 JONATHAN COLE Andrew Ball, piano A Cat 2’59 Jane Chapman, harpsichord tss-k-haa 3’11 Loré Lixenberg, mezzo-soprano Owen Gunnell, marimba 13 HARRISON Antonis Hatzinikolaou, guitar Roderick Williams, baritone 28 HUGH WOOD BIRTWISTLE 21 6 THOMAS MORLEY ARR. COLIN MATTHEWS THOMAS MORLEY Easter 2’06 ARR. COLIN MATTHEWS ARR. COLIN MATTHEWS This Silence Andrew Kennedy, tenor Iain Burnside, piano Galliard: Version 1 1’04 before Light 2’39 Galliard: Version 3 1’46 Iain Burnside, piano Iain Burnside, piano Claire Booth, soprano Andrew Ball, piano Andrew Ball, piano Huw Watkins, piano Disc 1 total timing 1’14’36 7 ANTHONY GILBERT 14 JULIAN PHILIPS 22 MICHAEL FINNISSY Those Fenny Bells 3’56 Blist’s Hill 2’38 Outside Fort Tregantle 3’17 Loré Lixenberg, mezzo-soprano Stephan Loges, baritone Michael Chance, counter-tenor Iain Burnside, piano Richard Jackson, baritone Owen Gunnell, percussion Michael Finnissy, piano 15 ANNA MEREDITH 23 8 PHILIP CASHIAN Fin like a Flower 2’13 PHILLIP NEIL MARTIN Daisy’s Song 2’02 Michael Chance, counter-tenor Blaze of Noon 4’01 David Stout, baritone Lucy Wakeford, harp Claire Booth, soprano Iain Burnside, piano Andrew Ball, piano 3 CTP Template: CD_1PD1 COLOURS Compact Disc Booklet: Single Page CYAN MAGENTA Customer - NMC Recordings YELLOW Catalogue No. - D0150 BLACK Job Title - The NMC Songbook Page Nos.4 DISC TWO 1 GORDON CROSSE 8 JULIAN ANDERSON 16 TARIK O’REGAN 23 RODERICK WILLIAMS Dirge from Cymbeline 3’19 Lucretius 3’14 Darkness Visible 3’46 A Coat 2’58 David Stout, baritone Claire Booth, soprano Andrew Watts, counter-tenor Roderick Williams, baritone Lucy Wakeford, harp Owen Gunnell, percussion Benjamin Hulett, tenor Iain Burnside, piano Lucy Wakeford, harp 2 DAVID HORNE 9 JAMES DILLON 24 JULIAN GRANT A curious thirsty fly 2’19 Upon the cloudy night 3’15 17 EMILY HALL Know Thy Kings and Daniel Norman, tenor Andrew Watts, counter-tenor A Simple Neo-Georgian Queens 2’13 Andrew Ball, piano Andrew Ball, piano Summer 1’43 Susan Bickley, mezzo-soprano Stephan Loges, baritone Iain Burnside, piano 3 RACHEL LEACH 10 SADIE HARRISON Iain Burnside, piano Out of Town 3’21 Easter Zunday 3’49 25 ROBERT KEELEY Ailish Tynan, soprano Benjamin Hulett, tenor 18 PETER WIEGOLD Because I breathe Iain Burnside, piano Andrew Ball, piano A Cause for Wonder 3’43 not love to everyone 3’12 Andrew Watts, counter-tenor Daniel Norman, tenor 4 RICHARD CAUSTON 11 PETER MAXWELL Iain Burnside, piano Jane Chapman, harpsichord English DAVIES 26 Encouragement of Art 1’02 Labyrinth to Light 2’43 19 EMILY HOWARD TANSY DAVIES Claire Booth, soprano Andrew Swait, treble Wild Clematis Destroying Beauty 2’11 Susan Bickley, mezzo-soprano Andrew Plant, piano in Winter 2’39 Claire Booth, soprano Owen Gunnell, percussion Jean Rigby, mezzo-soprano Andrew Ball, piano 12 EDWARD RUSHTON Huw Watkins, piano 27 5 DAVID BLAKE With my Whip 2’43 PHILIP GRANGE A Swallow 2’58 George Mosley, baritone 20 BAYAN NORTHCOTT First Known When Lost 2’20 Jean Rigby, mezzo-soprano Iain Burnside, piano Poet and Star 2’41 George Mosley, baritone Huw Watkins, piano Claire Booth, soprano Iain Burnside, piano 13 SIMON HOLT Daniel Norman, tenor 28 THOMAS MORLEY 6 THOMAS MORLEY Raju Raghuvanshi Andrew Ball, piano ARR. COLIN MATTHEWS ARR. COLIN MATTHEWS is a Ghost 3’40 21 THOMAS MORLEY Galliard: Version 8 1’25 Galliard: Version 5 1’42 Omar Ebrahim, baritone Lucy Wakeford, harp ARR. COLIN MATTHEWS Lucy Wakeford, harp Antonis Hatzinikolaou, guitar Antonis Hatzinikolaou, guitar 14 THEA MUSGRAVE Galliard: Version 7 1’47 Jane Chapman, harpsichord Jane Chapman, harpsichord A Winter’s Morning 3’20 Lucy Wakeford, harp Owen Gunnell, marimba Ailish Tynan, soprano Antonis Hatzinikolaou, guitar 29 Jane Chapman, harpsichord BLÁAR KINDSDOTTIR 7 ROBERT SAXTON Iain Burnside, piano haiku 1’28 The beach in winter: 15 THOMAS MORLEY 22 RUPERT BAWDEN James Bowman, counter-tenor Andrew Plant, piano Scratby (For Tess) 2’30 ARR. COLIN MATTHEWS Vocalise – Loch Lurgainn in the Sunshine 2’15 Stephan Loges, baritone Galliard: Version 6 1’06 Iain Burnside, piano Jean Rigby, mezzo-soprano Lucy Wakeford, harp Disc 2 total timing 1’15’36 Huw Watkins, piano Antonis Hatzinikolaou, guitar Jane Chapman, harpsichord 4 CTP Template: CD_1PD1 COLOURS Compact Disc Booklet: Single Page CYAN MAGENTA Customer - NMC Recordings YELLOW Catalogue No. - D0150 BLACK Job Title - The NMC Songbook Page Nos.5 DISC THREE 1 BRIAN ELIAS 8 DANIEL BASFORD 16 STEPHEN MONTAGUE 23 CHRIS DENCH Meet Me in the Hour-glass 3’35 The Poison Tree 2’39 An Hypallage 3’17 Green Glen 3’12 Michael Chance, counter-tenor Stephan Loges, baritone Loré Lixenberg, mezzo-soprano Susan Bickley, mezzo-soprano Lucy Wakeford, harp Iain Burnside, piano Omar Ebrahim, baritone Jonathan Powell, piano 2 LLOYD MOORE 9 THOMAS MORLEY 17 JUDITH BINGHAM Music, thou Queen ARR. COLIN MATTHEWS She walks in beauty 24 EDWIN ROXBURGH of Souls 1’44 Galliard: Version 9 1’07 like the night 3’33 A Dangerous Crossing 2’54 Ailish Tynan, soprano Lucy Wakeford, harp Andrew Kennedy, tenor Ailish Tynan, soprano Iain Burnside, piano Antonis Hatzinikolaou, guitar Lucy Wakeford, harp Iain Burnside, piano Jane Chapman, harpsichord 3 DAVID MATTHEWS 18 THOMAS MORLEY 25 DAVID BEDFORD Plover’s Peak 3’11 10 HUW WATKINS ARR. COLIN MATTHEWS The Roman Benjamin Hulett, tenor Proud Maisie 1’42 Galliard: Version 10 1’48 Centurion’s Song 3’16 Andrew Ball, piano Claire Booth, soprano Lucy Wakeford, harp George Mosley, baritone Huw Watkins, piano Antonis Hatzinikolaou, guitar Iain Burnside, piano 4 JEREMY DALE Jane Chapman, harpsichord ROBERTS 11 LYELL CRESSWELL 26 LUKE STONEHAM Spoken to a A Recipe for Whisky 3’28 19 CHRISTOPHER FOX 25 3’07 Bronze Head 4’06 Stephan Loges, baritone The True Standard Luke Stoneham, electronics Owen Gunnell, temple blocks Advanced 2’15 Susan Bickley, mezzo-soprano 27 THOMAS MORLEY Iain Burnside, piano Daniel Norman, tenor 12 MICHAEL BERKELEY Owen Gunnell, drum ARR. COLIN MATTHEWS 5 JONATHAN LLOYD Echo: hommage à Galliard: Version 11 1’25 The Greenwood’s Francis Poulenc 3’30 20 ROXANNA PANUFNIK Lucy Wakeford, harp Lament 3’14 Ailish Tynan, soprano That Mighty Heart 2’51 Antonis Hatzinikolaou, guitar Jane Chapman, harpsichord Loré Lixenberg, mezzo-soprano Iain Burnside, piano Susan Bickley, mezzo-soprano Iain Burnside, piano David Stout, baritone 13 28 MARK-ANTHONY Antonis Hatzinikolaou, guitar ROGER MARSH Lullaby 2’46 21 CHRISTOPHER MAYO TURNAGE 6 DIANA BURRELL Claire Booth, soprano The Fitful Alternations Bellamy 1’14 Love Song (for yoga) 1’43 Owen Gunnell, marimba of the Rain 2’45 Andrew Watts, counter-tenor Andrew Kennedy, tenor Benjamin Hulett, tenor Elizabeth Atherton, soprano 14 Andrew Ball, piano DAI FUJIKURA Lucy Wakeford, harp Lucy Wakeford, harp Lake Side 2’37 7 JOHN CASKEN Loré Lixenberg, mezzo-soprano 22 ERROLLYN WALLEN Night and Morning 3’17 Tree 4’08 Disc 3 total timing 1’17’23 15 Daniel Norman, tenor RICHARD BAKER Errollyn Wallen, Andrew Ball, piano English Lullaby 2’43 voice and piano Susan Bickley, mezzo-soprano Iain Burnside, piano 5 CTP Template: CD_1PD1 COLOURS Compact Disc Booklet: Single Page CYAN MAGENTA Customer - NMC Recordings YELLOW Catalogue No.
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