Bach Choir, Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra & David Hill - Dyson: Choral Symphony (2017)

Tracklist
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01. Choral Symphony: I. Overture. Adagio-Allegro energico
02. Choral Symphony: II. Allegro agitato, ma non troppo-Quasi adagio e molto tranquillo
03. Choral Symphony: III. Largo
04. Choral Symphony: IV. Allegro molto-Andante tranquillo-Con moto comodo
05. St Paul's Voyage to Melita

Born into a working-class family, George Dyson became one of the most important musicians and composers of his day. The previously unknown Choral Symphony was written as an examination work while Dyson was studying at Oxford, and it was only recently discovered at the Bodleian Library. Dyson relishes his dramatic chosen text from Psalm 107 on the expulsion from and homecoming of the Jews to Israel, a narrative that inspires trademark features that would make his later works so attractive. Its seascape finale links neatly with St. Paul’s Voyage to Melita, another vivid text from which Technicolor musical images are conjured.

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