Discography
2000
SOMM
SOMMCD225
Grier
Around the Curve of the World
Description
Grier's musical language draws for its inspiration on the glories of Gregorian chant and is, by turns, elegiac and powerful. The cantata is based on the enduring story of the journey of the first settlers, ''The Canterbury Pilgrims", who travelled from England to Christchurch, New Zealand in 1850.
Music by FRANCIS GRIER
Words by SUE MAYO
Live Recording of First Performance - a dramatic cantata in 7 choral sections (3 psalms and 4 canticles) and 6 sung narrative sections
Patricia Rozario 1st Soprano
Anne Schwanewilms 2nd Soprano
Daniel Norman Tenor
Paul Whelan Baritone
Christchurch Cathedral Choir
Oxford University Chamber Orchestra
Stephen Darlington Conductor