Bramwell Tovey - Requiem for a Charred Skull

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Anyone know this piece for choir, percussion, and brass? I woke up to it on the radio this morning. He achieves some textures that have a distant ghostly quality. It seems to be a Juno nominee for best classical composition this year.

― sundar subramanian (sundar), Friday, 4 April 2003 22:35 (twenty-two years ago)

Really? Bramwell used to be the conductor of the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra. I always thought he was a jazzer at heart...

― Bryan (Bryan), Friday, 4 April 2003 23:20 (twenty-two years ago)

Yeah, he is more famed as a conductor but he has composed a bunch of things too. This piece has been compared to (recent) Ligeti and Penderecki. Was apparently inspired by some events in Kosovo.

― sundar subramanian (sundar), Friday, 4 April 2003 23:35 (twenty-two years ago)

The WSO has certainly become more dull since he left. He was wont to have them perform a lot less "pops" stuff and was a driving force behind our New Music Festival.

― Bryan (Bryan), Saturday, 5 April 2003 00:21 (twenty-two years ago)

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