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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 choral music by ten contemporary composers including her husband
Paul McCartney ,
John Rutter and
John Tavener ; and is performed by the Joyful Company of Singers under the conductor Peter Broadbent.
Track listing
"Silence and Music" (
Ralph Vaughan Williams ) – 4:50
From "A Garland for the Queen" of 1953, the year of her coronation.
"Prayer for the Healing of the Sick" (
John Tavener ) – 8:53
From a text by Mother Thekla found in the "Russian Orthodox Service of Holy Unction".
"Water Lilies" (
Judith Bingham ) – 7:35
Written in March 1999, drawing on the composer's experience of swimming.
"Musica Dei Donum" (
John Rutter ) – 5:36
From a solo chorus text of 1594.
"The Doorway of the Dawn" (
David Matthews ) – 4:53
Write about Linda's qualities and feelings.
"Nova" (
Paul McCartney ) – 6:28
Written from November 1998 to May 1999.
"I Dream'd" (
Roxanna Panufnik ) – 3:30
Arrangement for a cappella chorus of a work.
"Farewell" (
Michael Berkeley ) – 3:30
"The Flight of the Swan" (
Giles Swayne ) – 6:16
Inspired by the death of James Manson, son of a close friend of the author, in 1996 from
brain cancer .
"A Good-Night" (
Richard Rodney Bennett ) – 2:51
Personnel
The Joyful Company of Singers
Claire Hills: soprano
Katherine Willis : soprano
Henrietta Hillman: alto
Fiona Robinson: alto
Lorna Youngs: alto
Paul Zimmerman: tenor
Alex Hayes: tenor
Michael King: bass
Greg Masters: bass
Chris E. Williams: bass
Peter Broadbent: conductor
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