Only A Singing Bird

Release Date: 02/12/2016

Label: Signum U.k. Catalog #: 440 Spars Code: DDD

Composer: Michael Head , Gary Carpenter , Stephen Deazley , Ken Johnston Performer: Philip Moore , Karen Cargill , Alice Yeoman Conductor: Christopher Bell Orchestra/Ensemble: National Youth Choir of Scotland Girls Choir Number of Discs: 1

Recorded in: Stereo Length: 0 Hours 55 Mins.

Works on Recording
Notes and Reviews

A beautiful collection of songs, Only a Singing Bird features Michael Head�s best-known works, The Ships of Arcady and The Little Road to Bethlehem, as well as his beautifully-imagined, nostalgic song-cycle, Snowbirds.

NYCoS National Girls Choir is joined by its patron and world renowned mezzo soprano, Karen Cargill for this incredible new recording.
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1. Snowbirds, cantata for baritone (or mezzo-soprano), chorus & piano

Composer: Michael Head Performer: Philip Moore (Piano) , Karen Cargill () Conductor: Christopher Bell Orchestra/Ensemble: National Youth Choir of Scotland Girls Choir

Period: Modern Written: 1954 Venue: RSNO Center, Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow Length: 21 Minutes 3 Secs.

2. The Food of Love, Book 2, for high voice chorus & piano

Composer: Gary Carpenter Performer: Philip Moore (Piano) , Karen Cargill () Conductor: Christopher Bell

Period: Contemporary Venue: RSNO Center, Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow Length: 7 Minutes 55 Secs.

3. A Funny Fellow, for chorus & piano

Composer: Michael Head Performer: Philip Moore (Piano) , Karen Cargill () Conductor: Christopher Bell

Period: Modern Venue: RSNO Center, Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow Length: 1 Minutes 37 Secs.

4. The Circus, for chorus & piano

Composer: Stephen Deazley Performer: Philip Moore (Piano) , Karen Cargill () Conductor: Christopher Bell

Period: Contemporary Venue: RSNO Center, Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow Length: 2 Minutes 50 Secs.

5. The Ships of Arcady, for chorus

Composer: Michael Head Performer: Philip Moore (Piano) , Karen Cargill () Conductor: Christopher Bell

Period: Contemporary Venue: RSNO Center, Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow Length: 3 Minutes 15 Secs.

6. Little Road To Bethlehem

Composer: Michael Head Performer: Karen Cargill () , Philip Moore (Piano) Conductor: Christopher Bell

Period: 20th Century Written: 1946 England Venue: RSNO Center, Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow Length: 2 Minutes 35 Secs.

7. The Robin's Carol, for voice & piano

Composer: Michael Head Performer: Karen Cargill () , Philip Moore (Piano) Conductor: Christopher Bell

Venue: RSNO Center, Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow Length: 2 Minutes 52 Secs.

8. Star Candles

Composer: Michael Head Performer: Karen Cargill () , Philip Moore (Piano) Conductor: Christopher Bell

Period: 20th Century Written: 1942 Venue: RSNO Center, Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow Length: 2 Minutes 23 Secs.

9. Ave Maria

Composer: Michael Head Performer: Karen Cargill () , Alice Yeoman (Voice) , Philip Moore (Piano) Conductor: Christopher Bell

Venue: RSNO Center, Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow Length: 3 Minutes 3 Secs.

10. Bonie Wee Thing, for chorus

Composer: Ken Johnston Performer: Karen Cargill () , Philip Moore (Piano) Conductor: Christopher Bell

Period: Contemporary Venue: RSNO Center, Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow Length: 3 Minutes 30 Secs.

11. The Wind that Shakes the Barley, for chorus

Composer: Ken Johnston Performer: Karen Cargill () , Philip Moore (Piano) Conductor: Christopher Bell

Period: Contemporary Venue: RSNO Center, Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow Length: 2 Minutes 48 Secs.

Only A Singing Bird

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