Check out our new ALBUM OF THE WEEK!
Each week, we will post a different album that will make your Wednesday way easier! This week, listen to:
Ithaka, by Lydia Kakabadse
About the album:
British composer Lydia Kakabadse (with roots in Greece, Austria, Russia and Georgia) reflects her cultural heritage in music that has western and mediterranean elements while this is strongest in her choral music, it is heard to good effect in her chamber works, which are often written in modal intonation; her previous recorded collections have been very positively reviewed. This album is in two parts first the stunning choral work Odyssey absolutely traditional in its rich harmony but carrying one or two surprises, a work commissioned by the Hellenic Institute at Royal Holloway College in 2018; and a set of songs written in 2018 and 2019 spanning a range of styles from ballad, to arioso to folk jazz, Romantic, antiphonal and minimalistic!
The performers are all top rate: Clare McCaldin is an outstanding mezzo-soprano with a significant recorded legacy already. Paul Turner specializes in chamber music and accompanying singers and instrumentalists. Sara Trickey is becoming well known as a fine violinist and Cecily Beer is in great demand as both singer and harpist. The Choir of Royal Holloway is considered to be one of the finest mixed-voice collegiate choirs in Britain.
Source: Presto
About Lydia:
Lydia Kakabadse is a British composer, known for her compositions for choral, chamber and vocal music. She has a unique style - it incorporates tonal and modal harmonies with Middle Eastern traits and melody. She is also a Latin enthusiast, and has written original Latin texts for her vocal works.
She was already on Donne's Meet the ComposHer. Read the complete interview here.
About Lydia:
Lydia Kakabadse is a British composer, known for her compositions for choral, chamber and vocal music. She has a unique style - it incorporates tonal and modal harmonies with Middle Eastern traits and melody. She is also a Latin enthusiast, and has written original Latin texts for her vocal works.
She was already on Donne's Meet the ComposHer. Read the complete interview here.
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