Anthony Ritchie (1960-)
Symphonie n° 4, op. 171 "Stations"

Jenny Wollerman, soprano
Orchestre Symphonique de Christchurch
Tom Woods, direction

Anthony Ritchie’s Symphony n° 4 was written for the ChristChurch Symphony Orchestra, and dedicated to “those in ChristChurch who have suffered in the [2010/2011] earthquakes”. The work’s principal point of reference is a publication entitled The Way of the Cross, which brought together images of the 14 controversial sculptures that Llew Summers crafted for the ChristChurch Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament in 2000, and a collection of poems by Bernadette Hall which are essentially meditative reflections on these sculptures.