Special offer. David Blake: Violin Concerto
Iona Brown (violin), Teresa Cahill (soprano)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Northern Sinfonia, Norman del Mar, David Blake
NMC’s Ancora series … is to be welcomed without reservation…with fine performances from Iona Brown in the Concerto and Teresa Cahill in In Praise of Krishna, this is well worth having, and it...
Special offer. David Blake: Violin Concerto
Iona Brown (violin), Teresa Cahill (soprano)
Philharmonia Orchestra, Northern Sinfonia, Norman del Mar, David Blake
Purchase product
NMC’s Ancora series … is to be welcomed without reservation…with fine performances from Iona Brown in the Concerto and Teresa Cahill in In Praise of Krishna, this is well worth having, and it...
About
The Violin Concerto is a fundamentally lyrical work reflecting the composer’s response to his first visit to Italy.
In Praise of Krishna is a setting of religious poems of the Bengali Vaishnava sect describing a young woman’s love affair with the god Krishna; Blake responds to the powerful sensuality of the poems with an exotic and beautiful language of his own.
Contents and tracklist
- Teresa Cahill
- Northern Sinfonia
- David Blake
Awards and reviews
September 2007
NMC’s Ancora series … is to be welcomed without reservation…with fine performances from Iona Brown in the Concerto and Teresa Cahill in In Praise of Krishna, this is well worth having, and it may surprise 20th century British music lovers who think the post-Schoenbergian '70s young moderns have nothing to offer them.
July 2007
Lyrical and sensuous qualities dominate In Praise of Krishna… the seven poems chart a course from desire, through longing, to fulfilment - in a song-cycle where the serene and the fervent exist in perfect accord. Alluring as the vocal line is, especially as rendered by Teresa Cahill, it is the translucency of ensemble, solo instruments emerging from and back into the texture with evocative poise, which most readily engaged attention - not least in so sensitive a performance as here.
