Carr / Burton / Bournemouth Symphony Chorus - Four New Seasons & Saxophone Concerto - CD
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| Management number | 254638352 | Release Date | 2026/11/07 | List Price | US$10.11 | Model Number | 254638352 | ||
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English composer Paul Carr has been inspired by Vivaldi's iconic Concertos for Violin, The Four Seasons, since he studied it as a schoolboy, and has loved it ever since. There have been many incarnations of this work in various forms, but few using the original Vivaldi as a basis for a choral work. Having thought about a choral setting for many years, he finally took the plunge, taking twelve poems that suited the varying moods of the original Vivaldi (each Season being made up of three movements) and composed a set of Four New Seasons using Vivaldi's original harmonic structure as a basis, and including some of his more recognizable thematic material within the orchestration. It's an homage to Vivaldi, but it also sits very within Paul's own sound-world. The Saxophone Concerto was originally written as an Oboe Concerto for Nicholas Daniel, which he both premiered and recorded. It was his suggestion that Paul might also remodel it for Soprano Saxophone for the brilliant young saxophonist, Rob Burton. It was originally composed on the island of Mallorca where he was living at the time. It is an expressive and lyrical work full of warmth and optimism, but with an emotionally powerful slow movement at it's core, "The unusual quietness of snow", an expression of love and deepest loss, as a late snow fell silently in the last few days of Winter.<br><br>
Carr / Burton / Bournemouth Symphony Chorus - Four New Seasons & Saxophone Concerto - CD| Performer | Paul Carr |
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| Music genre | Classical |
| Music subgenre | CD - CLASSICAL ARTISTS |
| Music release type | Release |
| Media format | CD |
| Original release date | 2022 |
| Edition | Standard |
| Language | English |
| Has parental advisory label | N |
| Number of discs | 1 |
| Series title | Carr / Burton / Bournemouth Symphony Chorus - Four New Seasons & Saxophone Concerto [COMPACT DISCS] |
| Track listing | Four New Seasons – Spring – I – Loveliest of Trees Four New Seasons – Spring – II – When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd Four New Seasons – Spring – III – Dear March – Come in Four New Seasons – Summer – I – Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day? Four New Seasons – Summer – II – Wild Nights – Wild Nights! Four New Seasons – Summer – III – Summer Storm Four New Seasons – Autumn – I – Autumn Fires Four New Seasons – Autumn – II – Fall, Leaves, Fall Four New Seasons – Autumn – III – Autumn Song Four New Seasons – Winter – I – A Winter Dawn Four New Seasons – Winter – II – In the Bleak Midwinter Four New Seasons – Winter – III – It Sifts from Leaden Sieves Saxophone Concerto – I – Allegro energico Saxophone Concerto – II – The Unusual Quietness of Snow Saxophone Concerto – III – September Music |
| Record label | Stone Records |
| Composer | Paul Carr |
| Songwriter | Carr / Burton / Bournemouth Symphony Chorus |
| Track name | Four New Seasons – Spring – I – Loveliest of Trees, Four New Seasons – Spring – II – When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd, Four New Seasons – Spring – III – Dear March – Come in, Four New Seasons – Summer – I – Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day?, Four New Seasons – Summer – II – Wild Nights – Wild Nights!, Four New Seasons – Summer – III – Summer Storm, Four New Seasons – Autumn – I – Autumn Fires, Four New Seasons – Autumn – II – Fall, Leaves, Fall, Four New Seasons – Autumn – III – Autumn Song, Four New Seasons – Winter – I – A Winter Dawn, Four New Seasons – Winter – II – In the Bleak Midwinter, Four New Seasons – Winter – III – It Sifts from Leaden Sieves, Saxophone Concerto – I – Allegro energico, Saxophone Concerto – II – The Unusual Quietness of Snow, Saxophone Concerto – III – September Music |
| Digital audio file format | CD |
| Music media format | CD |
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