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To convey the true impact required depths only artistic responses could provide: David Önaç on how his Atlantic Requiem aims to memorialise the lost lives of enslaved Africans Bach & Blood: a choral version of Bach’s Chaconne, Pärt’s Magnificat Antiphons for strings, & David Fenessy meditating on Hildegard & blood Part travelogue, part musical exploration, part poetic meditation: Blair Coron’s film Woven Ground Why compose? After a career in film & TV, composer Gavin Greenaway is developing his own voice with Skylines, the new album from his Cloud Chamber duo with Caroline Dale Hindoyan’s de Falla: routine ballet suites and a couple of interesting rarities
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A cosmic son of life rises from the shadows

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A cosmic son of life rises from the shadows

From the Lebrecht Album of the Week:

If you are looking for neglected stocks in these shaky times, you could do worse than sink a pair of ears into the music of Paul Ben-Haim. It seems to be heading for revival. Lahav Shani is recording the symphonies for DG and other works are popping up all over the place. This 145-minute compilation under review mingles orchestral and chamber music to positive effect, prompting this listener to reconsider a much-misunderstood composer….

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To convey the true impact required depths only artistic responses could provide: David Önaç on how his Atlantic Requiem aims to memorialise the lost lives of enslaved Africans

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Part travelogue, part musical exploration, part poetic meditation: Blair Coron's film Woven Ground

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Why compose? After a career in film & TV, composer Gavin Greenaway is developing his own voice with Skylines, the new album from his Cloud Chamber duo with Caroline Dale

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Hindoyan's de Falla: routine ballet suites and a couple of interesting rarities

Hindoyan’s de Falla: routine ballet suites and a couple of interesting rarities

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