‎Emily Howard: The Anvil by Various Artists

I. Heavy stone harvest

Hallé Choir, Ben Gernon, BBC Philharmonic

3:12

II. Pelt of rough turf

BBC Philharmonic, Kate Royal, Ben Gernon

1:47

III. Battered shuttles

Hallé Choir, BBC Philharmonic, BBC Singers, Christopher Purves, Ben Gernon

4:39

IV. The Commissioner for Paving

Ben Gernon, BBC Philharmonic, Kate Royal

1:07

V. Fife drums love command liberty

BBC Singers, Hallé Youth Choir, BBC Philharmonic, Ben Gernon

1:59

VI. A lake of hats

Ben Gernon, BBC Philharmonic, Kate Royal, BBC Singers, Hallé Youth Choir

2:24

VII. We walk in communion

Hallé Choir, BBC Singers, BBC Philharmonic, Christopher Purves, Ben Gernon

0:58

VIII. We ask for sustenance and suffrage

Hallé Choir, BBC Philharmonic, BBC Singers, Christopher Purves, Ben Gernon

0:48

IX. The order comes

BBC Philharmonic, Ben Gernon, Kate Royal

0:25

X. Were we quickened from brick-dust

Ben Gernon, BBC Philharmonic, Christopher Purves

0:45

XI. Sabred and stabbed

Hallé Choir, BBC Philharmonic, Kate Royal, Christopher Purves, BBC Singers, Ben Gernon

2:53

XII. The field turns inside out

Hallé Youth Choir, BBC Philharmonic, BBC Singers, Ben Gernon

4:35

XIII. Some of our cry is their cry

BBC Philharmonic, Hallé Choir, BBC Singers, Ben Gernon

3:09

XIV. Now, when you see a blush

Kate Royal, Ben Gernon, Hallé Choir, BBC Philharmonic

1:53

XV. Ghosts conjured from cotton smoke

BBC Philharmonic, Ben Gernon, Christopher Purves, Hallé Choir

2:49

XVI. Our shibboleth

Christopher Purves, Ben Gernon, Hallé Choir, BBC Philharmonic, Kate Royal, BBC Singers

2:59

I. Like a bird that has hit glass

BBC Philharmonic, Vimbayi Kaziboni, Claire Booth

1:12

II. Be quiet, you say

Vimbayi Kaziboni, BBC Philharmonic, Hugh Cutting

1:54

III. On the way, I reckoned up trios of street-lamps

Hugh Cutting, BBC Philharmonic, Vimbayi Kaziboni, Claire Booth

1:21

IV. Rooks wake, warn and clatter

Vimbayi Kaziboni, BBC Philharmonic, Hugh Cutting, Claire Booth

1:16

V. The long-gone and the not-yet-here

Vimbayi Kaziboni, Hugh Cutting, BBC Philharmonic, Claire Booth

2:05

VI. Full-tilt towards infinity

Claire Booth, Hugh Cutting, BBC Philharmonic, Vimbayi Kaziboni

1:28

VII. Night-long drive

Claire Booth, BBC Philharmonic, Hugh Cutting, Vimbayi Kaziboni

1:50

VIII. Houses dark and steep, oblivious

BBC Philharmonic, Claire Booth, Vimbayi Kaziboni

0:56

IX. Love alone brooks resurrection

Claire Booth, Hugh Cutting, BBC Philharmonic, Vimbayi Kaziboni

0:40

X. Under our feet, below the sewers

Claire Booth, BBC Philharmonic, Vimbayi Kaziboni, Hugh Cutting

1:48

XI. Seven swans in grief

BBC Philharmonic, Claire Booth, Vimbayi Kaziboni, Hugh Cutting

1:28

XII. Wildfires on the bare hills

BBC Philharmonic, Claire Booth, Hugh Cutting, Vimbayi Kaziboni

1:17

XIII. Like a bird that has hit glass

Vimbayi Kaziboni, Hugh Cutting, BBC Philharmonic, Claire Booth

0:52

XIV. Beyond these walls is so much silence

Claire Booth, Vimbayi Kaziboni

0:15

XV. Dusk that never blossoms. Endless vespers

Hugh Cutting, Vimbayi Kaziboni, BBC Philharmonic, Claire Booth

5:53

Emily Howard

Composer
Hallé Choir

Choir
Ben Gernon

Conductor
BBC Philharmonic

Orchestra
Kate Royal

Soprano

Emily Howard: The Anvil

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