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'''''A Garland for Linda''''' is a tribute album for [[Linda McCartney]], released in 2000 by the cancer-fighting organization the Garland Appeal. The album features classical music by ten contemporary composers including [[Paul McCartney]], [[John Rutter]] and [[John Tavener]]; performed by the Joyful Company of Singers under conductor Peter Broadbent. |
'''''A Garland for Linda''''' is a tribute album for [[Linda McCartney]], released in 2000 by the cancer-fighting organization the Garland Appeal. The album features classical music by ten contemporary composers including her husband [[Paul McCartney]], [[John Rutter]] and [[John Tavener]]; performed by the Joyful Company of Singers under conductor Peter Broadbent. |
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== Track listing == |
== Track listing == |
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Revision as of 14:12, 25 June 2023
| A Garland for Linda | |
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| Studio album by Various Artists | |
| Released | 25 April 2000 |
| Recorded | 10 August – 26 October 1999 |
| Studio | All Saints Church, London |
| Genre | Classical |
| Length | 55:11 |
| Label | EMI |
| Producer | John Fraser |
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A Garland for Linda is a tribute album for Linda McCartney, released in 2000 by the cancer-fighting organization the Garland Appeal. The album features classical music by ten contemporary composers including her husband Paul McCartney, John Rutter and John Tavener; performed by the Joyful Company of Singers under conductor Peter Broadbent.
Track listing
- "Silence and Music" (Ralph Vaughan Williams) – 4:50
- From A Garland for the Queen in 1953, the year of her coronation.
- "Prayer for the Healing of the Sick" (John Tavener) – 8:53
- Featuring John Tavener. From text by Mother Thekla and taken from the Russian Orthodox Service of Holy Unction.
- "Water Lilies" (Judith Bingham) – 7:35
- Featuring Judith Bingham. Written in March 1999, drawing on the composer's experience of swimming.
- "Musica Dei Donum" (John Rutter) – 5:36
- Featuring John Rutter. Taken from a solo chorus text from 1594.
- "The Doorway of the Dawn" (David Matthews) – 4:53
- Featuring David Matthews. Write about Linda's qualities & feelings.
- "Nova" (Paul McCartney) – 6:28
- Featuring Paul McCartney. Written from November 1998 to May 1999.
- "I Dream'd" (Roxanna Panufnik) – 3:30
- Featuring Roxanna Panufnik. Arrangement for a cappella chorus of a work.
- "Farewell" (Michael Berkeley) – 3:30
- Featuring Michael Berkeley. Taken from fragments of literary ideas from Milton, Shakespeare and Elizabeth Speller.
- "The Flight of the Swan" (Giles Swayne) – 6:16
- Featuring Giles Swayne. Inspired by the death of James Manson, son of a close friend, in 1996 from brain cancer.
- "A Good-Night" (Richard Rodney Bennett) – 2:51
- Featuring Richard Rodney Bennett. From a poem by Francis Quarles.
Personnel
- Paul McCartney: Composer.
- Richard Rodney Bennett: Composer.
- Michael Berkeley: Composer.
- John Rutter: Composer.
- John Tavener: Composer.
- Ralph Vaughan Williams: Composer.
- David Matthews: Concertmaster.
- Roxanna Panufnik: Composer.
- Philippa Davies: Flute.
- Robert Cohen: Cello.
- Choir:
The Joyful Company of Singers
- Claire Hills: Soprano.
- Katherine Willis: Soprano.
- Henrietta Hillman: Alto.
- Fiona Robinson: Alto.
- Lorna Youngs: Alto
- Paul Zimmerman: Tenor.
- Alex Hayes: Tenor.
- Michael King: Bass.
- Greg Masters: Bass.
- Chris E. Williams: Bass.
- Peter Broadbent: Conductor.
