Landscapes, Real and Imagined: Chamber Works Judith Bingham

• 1 I. Exotic Forest 06:27
• 2 II. The Agave 02:14
• 3 III. The Shadow and … Jaguar! 05:12
• 4 The Moon Over Westminster Cathedral 05:42
• 5 The Cathedral of Trees 06:39
• 6 I. Sombre, vague, con rubato 05:52
• 7 II. Fossil Forest: Minuet and Trio 03:05
• 8 III. Flying from Lulworth to Corfe Castle 03:19
• 9 IV. Chapman's Pool and the Hake-Bopp Comet 05:55
• 10 The Shadow Side of Joy Finzi 08:58
• 11 The Lost Works of Paganini: L'Usignolo 04:14
• 12 The Mystery of Boranup 02:27
• 13 No. 1. Seeking for Ghosts 01:19
• 14 No. 2. Paper Boat Building 01:07
• 15 No. 3. Bedtime Stories 01:17
• 16 No. 4. Venice: Lagoon Scene, Moonlight 01:42
• 17 No. 5. Fire Balloons, Laden with Knowledge 01:02
• 18 See and Keel Silent 10:01
• 19 I. Prelude - Amputation 04:11
• 20 II. My Father's Arms 05:01
• 21 III. Cornerstone - Postlude 05:17
• Total Runtime 01:31:01

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Landscapes, whether real or imagined have been a recurring theme in the chamber music of Judith Bingham, performed here by the internationally renowned Chamber Domaine and the supremely talented Korean soprano Yeree Suh.


Featuring a wide variety of her chamber music from across her career as a composer, this album, consisting entirely of world premiere recordings, includes one of Bingham’s most performed works – Chapman’s Pool for piano trio – and the extremely virtuosic setting for solo soprano of words by David Lyons, The Cathedral of Trees. Also included is My Father’s Arms, commissioned by Chamber Domaine to mark the composer’s 50th birthday, which is a powerful and emotive response to the impact of war on children.

'After its acclaimed debut in March with a vibrant Mendelssohn Octet, Resonus, the first entirely digital classical label, has now turned to a more varied, contemplative programme for its second release with chamber works by the versatile Judith Bingham, performed by the instrumentalists of Chamber Domaine with the remarkable Korean soprano, Yeree Suh. Suh sings the stand-out track on this collection, 'The Cathedral of Trees', a sinuous, virtuosic setting of words by David Lyons for solo voice, and also features in 'My Father's Arms', Bingham's song cycle drawn from Martin Shaw's poetic, poignant and emotional meditation on the impact of war on children.' (Stephen Pritchard, The Observer)

Musicians:
Adrian Bradbury, cello
Chamber Domaine, Ensemble
Stephen de Pledge, piano
Yeree Suh, soprano
Thomas Kemp, violin

Composer: Judith Bingham

Producer: Adam Binks
Engineer: Gary Thomas
Assistant Engineer: Mat Bartram

Fifty Shades of Green (2001) for string trio
Tracklist:
I. Exotic Forest
II. The Agave
III. The Shadow and … Jaguar![Rousseau Negro attacked by a jaguar R]
The Moon Over Westminster Cathedral
The Cathedral of Trees (1998) for solo soprano
Chapman's Pool(1997) for piano trio
I. Sombre, vague, con rubato
II. Fossil Forest: Minuet and Trio
III. Flying from Lulworth to Corfe Castle
IV. Chapman's Pool and the Hake-Bopp Comet
The Shadow Side of Joy Finzi (2001) for soprano and piano
L’Usignolo from The Lost Works of Paganini (2007-9) for solo violin
The Mystery of Boranup(2002) for piano quartet
See and keep silent (2009) for solo cello
Shelley Dreams(1998) for violin and piano
No. 1. Seeking for Ghosts
No. 2. Paper Boat Building
No. 3. Bedtime Stories
No. 4. Venice: Lagoon Scene, Moonlight
No. 5. Fire Balloons, Laden with Knowledge
See and Keel Silent
My Father's Arms(2002) for soprano and string trio
I. Prelude - Amputation
II. My Father's Arms
III. Cornerstone - Postlude

Chamber Domaine is at the cutting edge of music making in the 21st century. Its excellence and dynamism have received widespread acclaim both in the United Kingdom and abroad. Under its artistic director, Thomas Kemp, the ensemble has become renowned for its virtuosity and its ambitious and distinctive programming that range from the Baroque through to the Contemporary. Chamber Domaine focus on instrumental chamber music and song in programmes that illuminate the music of today with the music of three centuries: the ensemble brings passion and commitment to a diverse repertoire that makes music come alive whilst placing it into its cultural context. The ensemble are committed to performing and recording contemporary music and give world premieres by leading composers including Judith Bingham at the City of London Festival, Piers Hellawell at the Cheltenham International Festival and Arvo Pärt at the Edinburgh Festival. The ensemble has a commission from the brilliant young composer, Matthew Sergeant for the 2012 Cultural Olympiad and a major work for soprano and chamber orchestra by Judith Bingham for her sixtieth birthday.

Yeree Suh - Soprano
The Korean soprano, Yeree Suh, commenced her training at the National University in Seoul before furthering her studies in Europe at Berlin’s Universität der Künste (studying with Professor Harald Stamm and graduating with distinction), with Regina Werner-Dietrich in Leipzig and with Gerd Türk at the Schola Cantorum Basiliensis.
In 2003, Yeree Suh made her professional debut with René Jacobs at the Innsbrucker Festwochen as Ninfa in Monteverdi’s Orfeo, a role she repeated at the Deutsche Staatsoper Berlin in 2004 and at Vienna’s Theater an der Wien in 2007.
A prolific concert performer, Yeree Suh has performed together with Andreas Spering (Haydn’s L’isola disabitata/Silvia and Georg Frideric Handel’s Il Trionfo del tempo e del disinganno/La Belezza); with Andrea Marcon and the Venice Baroque Orchestra (G.F. Handel’s Apollo e Dafne); with Philippe Herreweghe (Felix Mendelssohn’s Ein Sommernachtstraum); with Ton Koopman and the DSO (Heinrich Schütz’ Die sieben Worte); with René Jacobs (Monteverdi’s Madrigali); with both Frieder Bernius and Masaaki Suzuki (G.F. Handel’s Messiah); with the Münchner Symphoniker (Orff’s Carmina Burana and Gretel in the Prinzregenten Theater Munich), and with the Freiburg Bachorchester (Bruckner’s F-Moll Messe).

Judith Bingham - Composer
Judith Bingham was born in Nottingham in 1952, and grew up in Mansfield and Sheffield. After making considerable self-taught progress in composition while still a schoolgirl, she attended the Royal Academy of Music (1970–73), where her teachers were Malcolm MacDonald, Eric Fenby Alan Bush and John Hall (composition), and Jean Austin-Dobson (singing). In 1972 she was awarded the Academy's ‘Principal's Prize for Composition’ for the ‘Fires of London’-influenced chamber-piece Maelstrom. After obtaining her Performer's Certificate, she continued her composition studies privately with Hans Keller (1974–80), and took singing lessons from Eric Vietheer and David Mason. In 1976 she was selected for the BBC's ‘Young Composers' Forum’ on the strength of two scores: The Divine Image (1976) for harpsichord, and The Fourth Universe (1976) for mezzo-soprano and harpsichord.

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