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Track(s) taken from SIGCD458

People, look East

composer
Peter Andrew Tranchell (1922-1993)
1982
arranger
Peter Marchbank (b1943)
author of text
Eleanor Farjeon (1881-1965)

St John's College Choir Cambridge, Andrew Nethsingha (conductor), Joseph Wicks (organ)
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Recording details: January 2016
St John's College Chapel, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Produced by Chris Hazell
Engineered by Simon Eadon
Release date: November 2016
Total duration: 3 minutes 18 seconds
 

Reviews

'This is a highly enjoyable and superbly performed Christmas collection. It respects the traditions of Christmas music but provides plenty of examples of how composers are developing that tradition in exciting ways' (MusicWeb International)
Peter Tranchell originally scored his celebratory People, look East (1982) for alto, tenor and bass, but it was later arranged with a treble line by Peter Marchbank. It’s a great fun piece, full of syncopations and changing time signatures, and with a melody full of unexpected twists and turns. The organ part is particularly delightful, strongly reminiscent of light music, and finishing with a humorous cascade of chromatic figures.

from notes by Charlotte Gardner © 2016

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