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Harvey : Plague & The Moonflowers, oratorio. Kingsley, Holm, Wilton, Williams, Higginbottom.
Format : 1 CD
Total Time : 01:08:32

Label : Altus
Catalog No. : ALU0001
EAN : 5038046000123

Publishing Year : 2015
Release Date : 01/03/2015

Genre : Classical
Richard Harvey (1953-)
Plague & The Moonflowers, oratorio

Ben Kingsley, narrateur
Ian Holm, récitant
Penelope Wilton, récitante
Kym Amps, soprano
Eamonn O'Dwyre, contre-ténor
John Williams, guitare classique
Richard Studt, violon
Roger Chase, alto
Chœur du New College d'Oxford
Edward Higginbottom, direction
New London Children's Choir
Ronald Corp, direction
English Chamber Choir
Guy Protheroe, direction

Plague and the Moonflower draws us inside a world uneasy with itself, trembling on the brink of the millennium and haunted by muddled dreams and sombre fears. All around, there is evidence of rivers and oceans soured, lands blighted and a creation sapped and tainted by the Plague Demon, the dark and grasping side of man’s flawed nature. As the Plague Demon turns his attention to the lush, fragile forests of the Amazon, Nature’s last refuge from human greed and lust for progress, a transformation occurs. Suddenly unexpectedly, he sees and falls in love with the Moonflower, the strange, magical cactus that flowers just once a years, drawn into bloom by the moonlight. The beautiful, frail plant survives in the deep rainforest - a powerful icon of purity and love, but ambiguous too, for it is a parasite, stealing its strength from other plants. The Plague Demon changes his tune, redeemed by love, and the ethereal song of the Moonflower soars away in an ecstasy of life, a miracle of resilience and mystery. A corner has been turned. As the pulse of life reasserts itself, the Chorale looks forward to a better future, free from fear and oppression. Drawing on memories of pure and ancient dreams, it leads on to a dramatic climax in which the millennium marks a critical moment and a chance to rebuild spoilt lives and reshape Man’s place in the world. Plague and the Moonflower was commissioned by Richard Gregson-Williams in 1989 for the Exeter Festival.

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