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Works by Tavener, Dowland, Ravel, Brian Elias, Caroline Shaw, Errollyn Wallen et al<\/p>
Ruby Hughes (soprano); Manchester Collective<\/p>
BIS BIS-2628\u00a0\u00a0 66:30 mins<\/em><\/p> Imaginative, sensitive programming has been a constant feature of Ruby Hughes\u2019s collaborations; and this latest with the perennially adventurous Manchester Collective is no exception. A product of the first lockdown, it\u2019s a meditation on life and death whose title is taken from Wallen\u2019s setting of her own poem, which stares mortality in the face with vivacious equanimity.<\/p> Predictably eclectic, the disc unites John Dowland and Tavener, and makes fellow travellers of Debussy and Caroline Shaw, Brian Elias and Mahler (the \u2018Resurrection\u2019 Symphony\u2019s \u2018Urlicht\u2019 movement surprisingly resilient when repurposed for soprano\u00a0 and string quartet rather than the refulgence of full orchestra). Then again, some of the most affecting numbers are pared back: whether to voice and violin in Vaughan Williams\u2019s plangent Housman-setting Along the Field or, for voice alone, in Elias\u2019s innocent, fluid Meet me in the Green Glen .<\/p> It\u2019s offset by the citrussy instrumental spritz of Shaw\u2019s Valencia. An evocative arrangement of the old Shetland folk song \u2018Da Day Dawn\u2019 perfectly sets the scene for Ravel\u2019s dolorous Kaddisch. Hughes floats seductively over Jake Heggie\u2019s sultry fleshing out of Debussy\u2019s Trois chansons de Bilitis (see \u2018Background to\u2019, p81) \u2013 rising powerfully to their few but fastidiously-plotted climaxes. And although enrapt understatement is often her default mode, Hughes unleashes a chilling outburst in the first of Tavener\u2019s Akhmatova Songs. A disc to concentrate the mind and enfold the soul.<\/p> <\/body><\/html>\n By Paul Riley Published: Thursday, 29 February 2024 at 11:44 AM Works by Tavener, Dowland, Ravel, Brian Elias, Caroline Shaw, Errollyn Wallen et al Ruby Hughes (soprano); Manchester Collective BIS BIS-2628\u00a0\u00a0 66:30 mins Imaginative, sensitive programming has been a constant feature of Ruby Hughes\u2019s collaborations; and this latest with the perennially adventurous Manchester Collective is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":39634,"template":"","categories":[1,82,19],"acf":{"readingTimeMinutes":"2"},"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/03\/end-of-my-days.jpg",900,900,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/03\/end-of-my-days-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/03\/end-of-my-days-300x300.jpg",300,300,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/03\/end-of-my-days-768x768.jpg",768,768,true],"large":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/03\/end-of-my-days.jpg",800,800,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/03\/end-of-my-days.jpg",900,900,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/uploads\/sites\/37\/2024\/03\/end-of-my-days.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 Paul Riley Published: Thursday, 29 February 2024 at 11:44 AM Works by Tavener, Dowland, Ravel, Brian Elias, Caroline Shaw, Errollyn Wallen et al Ruby Hughes (soprano); Manchester Collective BIS BIS-2628\u00a0\u00a0 66:30 mins Imaginative, sensitive programming has been a constant feature of Ruby Hughes\u2019s collaborations; and this latest with the perennially adventurous Manchester Collective is…","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/rss_feed\/39633"}],"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\/39634"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=39633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbcmusicmagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=39633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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