Only a Singing Bird
Karen Cargill (mezzo) & Philip Moore (piano)
NYCoS National Girls Choir, Christopher Bell
a fruitful vehicle for showcasing what the Girls Choir of the National Youth Choir of Scotland is capable of. What’s striking is how evenly matched in quality the different voice parts are when...
Only a Singing Bird
Karen Cargill (mezzo) & Philip Moore (piano)
NYCoS National Girls Choir, Christopher Bell
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a fruitful vehicle for showcasing what the Girls Choir of the National Youth Choir of Scotland is capable of. What’s striking is how evenly matched in quality the different voice parts are when...
About
A beautiful collection of songs, 'Only a Singing Bird' features Michael Head’s best-known works, 'The Ships of Arcady' and 'The Little Road to Bethlehem', as well as his beautifully-imagined, nostalgic song-cycle, 'Snowbirds'. The National Youth Choir of Scotland's National Girls Choir is joined by its patron and world-renowned mezzo soprano, Karen Cargill for this new recording.
Contents and tracklist
- Philip Moore, Karen Cargill, NYCoS National Girls Choir
- Christopher Bell
- NYCoS National Girls Choir, Philip Moore
- Christopher Bell
- NYCoS National Girls Choir, Philip Moore
- Christopher Bell
- NYCoS National Girls Choir, Philip Moore
- Christopher Bell
- NYCoS National Girls Choir, Philip Moore
- Christopher Bell
- NYCoS National Girls Choir, Philip Moore
- Christopher Bell
- NYCoS National Girls Choir, Philip Moore
- Christopher Bell
- NYCoS National Girls Choir, Philip Moore
- Christopher Bell
- NYCoS National Girls Choir, Philip Moore
- Christopher Bell
- NYCoS National Girls Choir, Philip Moore
- Christopher Bell
Awards and reviews
April 2016
a fruitful vehicle for showcasing what the Girls Choir of the National Youth Choir of Scotland is capable of. What’s striking is how evenly matched in quality the different voice parts are when they divide in the more complex writing … All this betokens preparation of the highest quality, for which NYCoS artistic director Christopher Bell, whose conducting is exemplary
May/June 2016
The CD reveals a meticulously integrated choir of mature abilities characterised by tonal delicacy and textual expressiveness. It bodes well for the next 20 years.
16th January 2016
There are the beautifully crafted, soft-scented songs that make up the choral cantata Snowbirds, featuring guest soloist Karen Cargill, whose golden mezzo soprano hovers exquisitely above the creamy blend of the girls’ voices, notably in the mellifluous Love Offerings. Bell draws sustained precision and endless expressive range from his choristers in other Head songs.
