Britten: Canticles & The heart of the matter
Daniel Norman (tenor), Christopher Gould (piano), Benjamin Maclean (treble), William Towers (countertenor), Roderick Williams (baritone), Harriet Walter (speaker), Richard Watkins (horn) & Hugh Webb (harp)
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Britten: Canticle I - "My Beloved Is Mine And I Am His" Op. 40
- Daniel Norman (tenor), Christopher Gould (piano)
Britten: Canticle II - Abraham & Isaac Op. 51
- Daniel Norman (tenor), Christopher Gould (piano), Benjamin Maclean (treble)
Britten: The Heart of the Matter
- Richard Watkins (horn), Hugh Webb (harp), Daniel Norman (tenor), Roderick Williams (baritone), William Towers (countertenor), Christopher Gould (piano), Benjamin Maclean (treble), Harriet Walter (narrator)
No. 1. Prologue: Where are the seeds of the Universal Fire
Reading: The earth of my heart was broken and gaped low - Fanfare
No. 2. Song: We are the darkness in the heat of the day
Reading: In such a heat of the earth
Britten: Canticle III - Still falls the rain Op. 55
- Richard Watkins (horn), Daniel Norman (tenor), Roderick Williams (baritone), William Towers (countertenor), Christopher Gould (piano), Harriet Walter (reader)
The Heart of the Matter
Reading: I see Christ's wounds weep in the Rose on the wall
No. 3. Epilogue: So, out of the dark
Britten: Canticle IV: The Journey of the Magi, Op. 86
- Daniel Norman (tenor), Roderick Williams (baritone), William Towers (countertenor), Christopher Gould (piano)
Britten: Canticle V: The Death of St. Narcissus, Op. 89
- Hugh Webb (harp), Daniel Norman (tenor)
