Composer: Karl Jenkins
Performer: Bryn Terfel, Catrin Finch, Jody Jenkins, Karl Jenkins, Elin Manahan Thomas, Joo Yeon Sir, David Childs, Rosie Jenkins
Orchestra: Sinfonia Cymru
Conductor: Karl Jenkins
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Deutsche Grammophon
Catalogue: 4796486
Release: 2016
Size: 969 MB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Cantata Memoria
01. Pitran, Patran
02. Then Silence
03. Cortège
04. Lament for the Valley
05. Lacrimosa Lullaby
06. Did I Hear a Bird?
07. Satin Feathers
08. And-A-Half
09. And Once upon a Time
10. When the Shadow Dies
11. Lux Aeterna
‘Cantata Memoria’ commemorates through new music the Aberfan tragedy of 21 October 1966, when 116 children and 28 adults tragically lost their lives as a coal tip enveloped Plant Glas school, together with some houses, in Aberfan, South Wales.
This large-scale choral work – in English, Welsh and Latin – has been commissioned by S4C, the Welsh language TV channel, to mark the 50th anniversary of what has become known to subsequent generations – both in the UK and around the world – as the Aberfan Disaster.
The work will be premiered – with the exact-same cast as on the record – at the official Aberfan Charitable Trust Memorial Concert, to be held at the Wales Millennium Centre, on 8 October 2016.
The first half features music by Karl Jenkins and others, and words/poetry read by actress Sian Phillips and actor Michael Sheen, whilst the second half will premiere ‘Cantata Memoria’.