Staniland & Battson: Dark Star Requiem
Sheet Music

SKU: NX.CMCCD-22716

By Krisztina Szabo, Marcus Nance, Mark Duggan, Neema Bickersteth, Peter McGillivray, Ryan Scott, The Elmer Iseler Singers, The Gryphon Trio, and Wayne Strongman. By Andrew Staniland and Jill Battson. Country of Origin: Canada. Classical. Listening CD. Naxos #CMCCD 22716. Published by Naxos (NX.CMCCD-22716).

UPC: 773811227163.

Dark Star Requiem came to be after a commission from the Luminato Festival and Tapestry New Opera. The work premiered in 2010 at the Luminato festival in Koerner Hall, Toronto, Canada. The work is an operatic oratorio with music by composer Andrew Staniland and text by poet Jill Battson. It is scored for four singers, piano trio, percussion, and chorus. The topic of all of the poems in the work used is HIV/AIDS and how it affects the lives and worlds of those who live with the disease or love someone living with the disease. Performers on this recording include soprano Neema Bickersteth, mezzo soprano/alto Krisztina Szabo, baritone Peter McGillivray, and bass-baritone Marcus Nance. These vocalists are joined by The Elmer Iseler Singers, The Gryphon Trio, and percussionists Ryan Scott and Mark Duggan.

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