SHAKESPEARE SONGS
Paul Mealor
Delaware Choral Scholars
Paul D Head · conductor
Brianna Keller · soprano
Tricia Reilly · mezzo
Benjamin Gonczi · tenor
JAM on the Marsh festival 2023
Bringing an international flavour to the festival, the Delaware Choral Scholars and their renowned conductor Dr Paul Head bring a brilliant programme that truly ‘crosses the pond’ from one of the United States’ finest composers Morten Lauridsen to contemporary Brits, Paul Mealor and Jonathan Dove, via one of the great choral masterpieces, Britten’s Rejoice in the Lamb and American Spirituals.
Mealor’s Three Shakespeare Songs were commissioned by the Voices of Shakespeare Festival, Brecon to mark the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death. This beautiful unaccompanied setting has a haunting melody and forlornness expressed in rich harmonic moments and two soloists.
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