A Garland for Linda

Last updated
A Garland for Linda
A Garland for Linda.jpg
Studio album by
Various Artists
Released25 April 2000
Recorded10 August – 26 October 1999
Studio All Saints Church, London
Genre Choral music
Length55:11
Label EMI
Producer John Fraser
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]

A Garland for Linda is a tribute album for Linda McCartney, released in 2000 by the cancer-fighting organization the Garland Appeal. The album features classical music by ten contemporary composers including her husband Paul McCartney, John Rutter and John Tavener; performed by the Joyful Company of Singers under conductor Peter Broadbent.

Contents

Track listing

  1. "Silence and Music" (Ralph Vaughan Williams) – 4:50
    • From A Garland for the Queen in 1953, the year of her coronation.
  2. "Prayer for the Healing of the Sick" (John Tavener) – 8:53
    • Featuring John Tavener. From text by Mother Thekla and taken from the Russian Orthodox Service of Holy Unction.
  3. "Water Lilies" (Judith Bingham) – 7:35
    • Featuring Judith Bingham. Written in March 1999, drawing on the composer's experience of swimming.
  4. "Musica Dei Donum" (John Rutter) – 5:36
    • Featuring John Rutter. Taken from a solo chorus text from 1594.
  5. "The Doorway of the Dawn" (David Matthews) – 4:53
  6. "Nova" (Paul McCartney) – 6:28
  7. "I Dream'd" (Roxanna Panufnik) – 3:30
  8. "Farewell" (Michael Berkeley) – 3:30
  9. "The Flight of the Swan" (Giles Swayne) – 6:16
  10. "A Good-Night" (Richard Rodney Bennett) – 2:51

Personnel

The Joyful Company of Singers

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">John Tavener</span> English composer (1944–2013)

Sir John Kenneth Tavener was an English composer, known for his extensive output of choral religious works. Among his best known works are The Lamb (1982), The Protecting Veil (1988), and Song for Athene (1993).

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Richard Rodney Bennett</span> English composer and pianist (1936–2012)

Sir Richard Rodney Bennett was an English composer of film, TV and concert music, and also a jazz pianist and occasional vocalist. He was based in New York City from 1979 until his death there in 2012.

Roxanna Panufnik is a British composer of Polish descent. She is the daughter of the Polish composer and conductor Sir Andrzej Panufnik and his second wife Camilla, née Jessel.

The London Oratory School Schola is a choir for Catholic boys of the London Oratory School established in 1996 by John McIntosh CBE. The current director of the Schola is Charles Cole. The choir's patrons are Princess Michael of Kent, barrister Cherie Blair, actor Simon Callow and composer James MacMillan.

<i>Wide Prairie</i> 1998 studio album / Compilation by Linda McCartney

Wide Prairie is a posthumous compilation album by Linda McCartney, compiled by her husband Paul McCartney and released in October 1998, roughly six months after her death due to breast cancer. The idea for the album was inspired by a fan who wrote Paul McCartney inquiring about "Seaside Woman", a song Wings released under the name Suzy and the Red Stripes featuring Linda on lead vocals.

<i>Inkle and Yarico</i>

Inkle and Yarico is a comic opera first staged in London, England, in August 1787, with music by Samuel Arnold and a libretto by George Colman the Younger.

"Song for Athene" is a musical composition by British composer John Tavener with lyrics by Mother Thekla, an Orthodox nun, which is intended to be sung a cappella by a four-part choir. It is Tavener's best known work, having been performed by the Westminster Abbey Choir conducted by Martin Neary at the funeral service of Diana, Princess of Wales, on 6 September 1997 as her cortège departed from Westminster Abbey.

"Girlfriend" is a song by English rock band Wings, from their 1978 album London Town. It was written by Wings frontman Paul McCartney, who originally intended it to be sung by Michael Jackson. Jackson then covered the song the following year on his 1979 album Off the Wall, and in 1980 it was released as the 5th and final single of that album.

The Lionel Tertis International Viola Competition is an international music competition for viola players established in 1980 to honor the memory of the English viola virtuoso Lionel Tertis. This triennial event is held at the Erin Arts Centre, Port Erin, Isle of Man. Participants are of any nationality and are under 30 years of age.

This is a chronological list of classical music composers living or working in England or originating from there. Entries are alphabetical within each year.

<i>Ellington 66</i> 1965 album by Duke Ellington

Ellington '66 is an album by American pianist, composer, and bandleader Duke Ellington that was recorded and released on the Reprise label in 1965. The album won a Grammy Award for Best Instrumental Jazz Performance – Large Group or Soloist with Large Group.

This is a summary of 1968 in music in the United Kingdom.

<i>Super Hits</i> (Miles Davis album) 2001 greatest hits album by Miles Davis

Super Hits is a greatest hits album from Miles Davis. Released in 2001, it reached #22 on Billboard's Jazz Albums chart.

Roderick Gregory Coleman Williams OBE is a British baritone and composer.

A Garland for Dr. K. is a set of eleven short compositions created in 1969 for the celebration of the eightieth birthday of Dr Alfred Kalmus, the director of the London branch of Universal Edition. It is also the title of an album containing these eleven pieces of music, recorded in 1976.

<i>Midnight McCartney</i> 2015 studio album by John Pizzarelli

Midnight McCartney is a tribute album by John Pizzarelli to Paul McCartney, including tracks from Wings. It was released in 2015 with Concord.

References

  1. A Garland for Linda at AllMusic