Composer: Lliam Paterson
Performer: Sean Shibe, Choir of King’s College London
Conductor: Joseph Fort
Format: FLAC (tracks)
Label: Delphian
Catalogue: DCD34246
Release: 2021
Size: 1.17 GB
Recovery: +3%
Scan: yes
Say It To The Still World
01. Part One
02. Part Two
03. Part Three
04. Elegy for Esmerelda
Poppies spread
05. I. Poppies
06. II. Shadows Intrude
07. III. Chorale Bloom
Multi-award-winning Sean Shibe, widely recognised as the leading guitarist of his generation, joins Delphian regulars The Choir of King’s College London in these beguilingly conceived works by Shibe’s friend and compatriot Lliam Patterson, for the rare combination of choir with electric guitar.
Say it to the still world casts Shibe as Orpheus with his lyre, in a work which draws fragments of text from poetry by Rilke to meditate on language, loss and the transcendent power of song. Elegy for Esmeralda is a rawer, angrier response to grief, while poppies spread – composed especially, like the other two works, for the performers who bring it to life here – is a further testament to art’s ability to reflect and transform the outer world.