The Sons of the Morning Iain Burnside

• 1 No. 1 in F-Sharp Major 01:36
• 2 No. 2 in A Minor 01:07
• 3 No. 3 in D-Flat Major 02:10
• 4 No. 4 in D-Sharp Minor 02:00
• 5 No. 5 in D Major 01:38
• 6 Choral Prelude on Rockingham (arr. S. Banfield for piano) 05:17
• 7 The Lake in the Mountains 03:27
• 8 Hymn Tune Prelude on Song 13 by Orlando Gibbons 03:29
• 9 Scene 1: Introduction 02:27
• 10 Scene 1: Pastoral Dance 04:14
• 11 Scene 1: Satan's appeal to God 01:57
• 12 Scene 1: Saraband of the Sons of God 01:42
• 13 Scene 1: Satan's Dance of Triumph 03:18
• 14 Scene 3: Minuet of the sons of Job and their wives 02:59
• 15 Scene 4: Job's dream 02:24
• 16 Scene 4: Dance of plague; pestilence; famine and battle 01:56
• 17 Scene 5: Dance of the three messengers 02:53
• 18 Scene 5: Job blesses God 02:03
• 19 Scene 6: Dance of Job's comforters; Job's curse; a vision of Satan 03:46
• 20 Scene 7: Elihu's dance of youth and beauty 03:37
• 21 Scene 7: Pavane of the Sons of the Morning 01:29
• 22 Scene 8: Galliard of the Sons of the Morning 02:04
• 23 Scene 8: Altar dance and heavenly pavane 02:32
• 24 Scene 9: Epilogue 03:12
• Total Runtime 01:03:17

Info for The Sons of the Morning

Ivor Gurneys The Five Preludes for piano date from the second half of 1919 written during a period of remarkable and unexpected creativity from the 29 year old composer and published war poet, with over 40 songs composed and 80 poems written. Gurney was taught by Ralph Vaughan Williams in 1919 at the RCM. In 1922 ill health got the better of Gurney and he was sent to the City of London Mental Hospital where he remained until his death in 1937. Ralph Vaughan Williams was not renowned for his piano playing and as such wrote few works for the piano. The Lake in the Mountains was his last piano work and was composed for Phyllis Sellick in 1947. This piano version of Job A Masque for Dancing was arranged for piano by Vally Lasker, made in the summer of 1930 to support the dancers rehearsals for a production. The piano arrangement was considered significant enough to be published by Oxford University Press in 1931.

„Iain Burnside presents impressive solo credentials: the serious technical demands of the Job arrangement cause him no problems, while his flair for conjuring orchestra-like colours from the keyboard is of the very highest standard of play.“ (BBC Music Magazine)

Iain Burnside, piano

Iain Burnside
enjoys a unique reputation as pianist and broadcaster, forged through his commitment to the song repertoire and his collaborations with leading international singers. In recent seasons such artists have included Galina Gorchakova, Ailish Tynan, Lisa Milne, Rebecca Evans; Susan Bickley, Ann Murray and Sarah Connolly; John Mark Ainsley, Mark Padmore and Andrew Kennedy; Roderick Williams and Bryn Terfel. Through his strong association with the Rosenblatt Recital Series, Iain has appeared with outstanding artists such as Ekaterina Siurina, Ailyn Perez, Lawrence Brownlee, Stephen Costello and Matthew Rose.

His recording portfolio reflects his passion for British music. For Signum he has recorded Tippett (Ainsley), Judith Weir (Tynan/Bickley/Kennedy), FG Scott (Milne/Williams) and Herbert Hughes (Tynan). Naxos CDs include the complete songs of Gerald Finzi (Ainsley/Williams), together with Vaughan Williams, Ireland, Gurney and Butterworth. The NMC Songbook received a Gramophone Award. Other recent acclaimed releases include songs by Beethoven, Korngold and Liszt on Signum, and Richard Rodney Bennett on NMC (Daneman/Bickley/Williams).

Acclaimed as a programmer, Iain has devised a number of innovative recitals combining music and poetry presented with huge success in Brussels and Barcelona with the collaboration of actors such as Fiona Shaw, Harriet Walter and Simon Russell Beale. At the Guildhall School of Music and Drama, he is Research Associate, staging specially conceived programmes with student singers and pianists. He has given masterclasses throughout Europe, at New York’s Juilliard School and the Banff Centre, Canada. Iain’s broadcasting career covers both radio and TV and has been honoured with a Sony Radio Award.

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