Paul Stanhope: Requiem (CD)
Artists: 
Lankshear,  
Richard Butler,  
Sydney Chamber Choir,  
Sam Allchurch

Paul Stanhope: Requiem (CD)

$24.99

Product Code: 0199350420634

Paul Stanhope’s Requiem won the APRA/AMC Art Music Award for best choral work in 2022; Limelight magazine described it as ‘a piece for our times’. Interweaving the traditional texts of the Requiem with contemporary poetry by four female poets – Neela Nath Das from India, Mary Elizabeth Frye and Emily Dickinson (both American) and Australian Indigenous poet Oodgeroo Noonuccal – Stanhope offers an uplifting and ultimately life-affirming music experience that brings together consolation, connection to country, commemoration and celebration.

This world premiere recording featuring the Sydney Chamber Choir and soloists Chloe Lankshear and Richard Butler captures the beauty, strength and emotion of this profoundly moving work.

Tracklist

PAUL STANHOPE b. 1969
Requiem
I. Introit
II. Tree Grave (Oodgeroo Noonuccal)
III. Kyrie / The Rain of Merciful Cloud (Neela Nath Das)
IV. Song (Oodgeroo Noonuccal)
V. Sanctus
VI. Agnus Dei / Do Not Stand at My Grave and Weep (Attrib. Mary Elizabeth Frye)
VII. Dawn Wail for the Dead (Oodgeroo Noonuccal)
VIII. Lux aeterna
IX. In paradisum / Hope is the Thing with Feathers (Emily Dickinson)

Chloe Lankshear soprano
Richard Butler tenor
Sydney Chamber Choir

Nicola Bell / Matthew Tighe oboe / cor anglais
David Rowden clarinet / bass clarinet
Andrew Barnes / Laura Brown bassoon
Euan Harvey horn • Emily Granger harp • Jess Ciampa percussion

Sam Allchurch conductor