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Works by Millicent B James, Alex Tay, Will Harmer and Emily Hazrati<\/p>
National Youth Choir\/Emily Dickens; National Youth Choir Fellowship Ensemble\/Ben Parry<\/p>
NMC NMC DL3056 43:07 mins<\/em><\/p> Now in its fifth year, the excellent National Youth Choir Young Composers scheme supports a crop of emerging composers to write new works for this outstanding young choir.<\/p> Two fine works by Millicent B James bookend the album. Children of the Forest<\/em>, the standout, explores the plight of those children who fell from ships as part of the Transatlantic slave trade, and the possibilities of magical rebirth through nature. This glorious work opens to shimmering textures and soft bird whistles, before the score shifts from lullaby to ecstatic celebration, which the choir rises to meet in this genuinely spine-tingling performance.<\/p> Will Harmer\u2019s deft settings of Renaissance madrigal texts are very accomplished, from the spritely lilt of \u2018Spring in All Her Glory\u2019 to the succulent harmonies of \u2018Sing We at Pleasure\u2019, while his intricate Fireworks<\/em> puts the choir through its paces in a fizzing exploration of the history and chemistry of these \u2018hissing dragons\u2019 of the sky.<\/p> Emily Hazrati demonstrates real imaginative flair. One Thousand Threads <\/em>is inspired by Hazrati\u2019s Iranian heritage and reimagines \u2018a fraying Persian rug\u2019 through sound, while the delicate kh\u00e3n\u00e9 (meditations on home)<\/em> is an affecting exploration of possible meanings of home.<\/p> In RainFlow\u2019rs<\/em>, Alex Tay conjures a mercurial flow of different moods through florid sonorities and creative use of breath. Elliptical, intricate and poignant, it is a work that demands to be listened to again and again. Opening to a wash of mobile phone samples, his DEEP (HUH?!)<\/em> is a \u2018teasing love letter\u2019 A rewarding introduction to four promising young composers. By Kate Wakeling Published: Thursday, 29 February 2024 at 12:34 PM Works by Millicent B James, Alex Tay, Will Harmer and Emily Hazrati National Youth Choir\/Emily Dickens; National Youth Choir Fellowship Ensemble\/Ben Parry NMC NMC DL3056 43:07 mins Now in its fifth year, the excellent National Youth Choir Young Composers scheme supports a crop of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":39556,"template":"","categories":[1,82,19],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"2"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/02\/young-composers-5.jpg",900,900,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/02\/young-composers-5-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/02\/young-composers-5-300x300.jpg",300,300,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/02\/young-composers-5-768x768.jpg",768,768,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/02\/young-composers-5.jpg",800,800,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/02\/young-composers-5.jpg",900,900,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/02\/young-composers-5.jpg",900,900,false]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"importmanagerhub@sprylab.com","author_link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/author\/importmanagerhubsprylab-com\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"By Kate Wakeling Published: Thursday, 29 February 2024 at 12:34 PM Works by Millicent B James, Alex Tay, Will Harmer and Emily Hazrati National Youth Choir\/Emily Dickens; National Youth Choir Fellowship Ensemble\/Ben Parry NMC NMC DL3056 43:07 mins Now in its fifth year, the excellent National Youth Choir Young Composers scheme supports a crop of…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/39555"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/rss_feed"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/24"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/39556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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