David Bednall

Rallegratevi nel Signore è un'ambientazione veloce, festosa e gioiosa del Salmo 33. Dopo un'apertura esuberante, un vivace passaggio d'organo conduce a un bellissimo momento di quiete del coro, non ac...

Questa raccolta di tre canzoni corali mette in musica testi di poeti dell'epoca della Prima guerra mondiale ed è stata commissionata nel 2014 dal coro Sospiri per commemorare l'inizio della guerra. Tu...

I tre testi (Clare, Yeats e McCrae) rappresentano diversi stati d'animo dell'amore: dai brividi di un amore appena nato, con le mini-morti che vi sono contenute, alla devozione non sempre consapevole...

Pubblicato originariamente come parte di Three Songs of Love di David Bednall, questo breve brano con un'ambientazione della poesia The Cloths of Heaven di W. B. Yeats appare ora anche in un'edizione...

Bednall's beautiful setting of this much-loved prayer is warm, simple, and immediate. The vocal line is expertly lyrical and the accompaniment suitably supporting, with a serene line for solo violin t...

Let all the world in every corner sing è stato commissionato dalla Colston's Girls School di Bristol al suo coro da camera e al suo direttore musicale Matthew Redman. L'opera è un capolavoro per voci...

Everyone Sang è stato composto per una benedizione nuziale nella Cattedrale di Wells il 26 maggio 2007. Il coro che si era riunito per questo evento comprendeva un buon numero di cantanti provenienti...

Questo potente brano, risalente al 2010, mette in mostra tutte le risorse dell'organo su cui viene suonato. I suoi ritmi trascinanti e le sue armonie esaltanti, spesso bitonali, ricordano organisti-co...

David Bednall's Fanfare-Processional for Organ. Composed 2010. 'A work that reflects a constant revivific­ation of tradition - most notably, in the expected treatment of D major tonality(not full...

Bednall's creation, rooted in the tradition of French organ improvisation, tenderly evokes the mysterious beauty of Wells Cathedral's remarkable 'Jesse Window'. The radiant music ebbs and flows calmly...

Commissioned for the 40th birthday of the organist Paul Walton, Walton's Paean is a work of great verve, with compelling rhythms, exciting harmonies, and catchy melodies propelling the celebratory mus...

In this short introit Bednall sets the 'In manus tuas' responsary for the Compline service. A setting of a useful text for church or cathedral services, the anthem is appropriately serene and luminesc...

A setting of Shakespeare's much-loved Sonnet 18, Bednall's expressive work highlights this timeless text with sumptuous harmony, including pleasing tonal shifts and topical false relations. Various ch...

In this short introit Bednall sets the 'In manus tuas' responsary for the Compline service. A setting of a useful text for church or cathedral services, the anthem is appropriately serene and luminisc...

David Bednall's unaccompanied setting of this Compline hymn contrasts sections of chant, for tenor soloist, with rich responses for full SATB choir. The introit has a gentle sense of ebb and flow, com...

Like as the hart sets reflective yet fervent words from Psalm 42. The vocal writing is emotive and expressive, and the fluctuating metres perfectly complement the rhythm adopted by the psalmist when p...

A group of three miniatures for unaccompanied mixed voices, Some corner of a foreign field sets poems by three First World War soldiers: John William Streets, Goldfeld, and Rupert Brooke. Bednall's se...

This exquisite miniature combines old and new, with plainchant-like melodies and tonality set against expressively dissonant contemporary harmonies. It was recorded by The Epiphoni Consort on David Be...

This gentle, lilting anthem sets verses from the psalms that speak of devotion to and delight in the Lord. Bednall's sophisticated and appealing musical language gives colour and expression to the tex...

Aspire to God, my soul sets a macaronic text by Canon John Dilnot. This anthem is optimistic and uplifting, with frequently changing time-signatures that convey a rhythmic fluidity and the flexibility...

This partner antiphon to Bednall's Alma Redemptoris Mater is fast and joyful. This pair of antiphons compliments Howells's setting of the other Marian antiphons (Salve Regina and Regina Caeli). The ce...

This tender setting is a partner antiphon to Bednall's Ave Regina caelorum. In turn, this pair compliments Howells's setting of the other Marian antiphons (Salve Regina and Regina Caeli). Triplet move...

This high-energy, majestic setting of well-known words from the psalms is a welcome addition to the service repertory. The changing metre brings the text to the fore, and the semiquaver movement that...

The Scholar is a sensitive setting of Robert Southey's poem that explores a man's kinship with the dead. With Bednall's characteristic metrical fluidity and effective word setting, this piece will pro...