Description
london P.O./NAT. youth choir G.B. / 180 gr. / rsd 2018
Artist
Welsh musician (baritone/soprano sax, oboe, keyboards) and composer, born February 17, 1944 in Swansea, Wales.
Jenkins was educated at Gowerton Grammar School before reading music at the University of Wales, Cardiff. He then commenced postgraduate studies at the Royal Academy of Music, London.
It was in jazz that he initially made his mark; co-forming Nucleus (3), which won first prize at the Montreux jazz festival and appeared at the Newport Jazz Festival, Rhode Island. This was followed by a period with Soft Machine, one of the seminal bands of the 1970’s. Through many incarnations, ‘Softs’ defied categorization playing venues as diverse as Carnegie Hall, the classical ‘Proms’ at the Royal Albert Hall and the Reading ‘Rock’ Festival.
After a period as a media composer, his return to the music mainstream was initially marked by the success of the Adiemus project.
The Armed Man; A Mass For Peace, commissioned by the Royal Armouries for the millennium and premiered at the Royal Albert Hall, London has had over four hundred performances.
He was awarded an OBE, by Her Majesty The Queen, in the 2005 New Years Honours List “for services to music”.
Tracks
A1
The Armed Man
06:25
A2
The Call To Prayers (Adhaan)
02:04
A3
Kyrie
08:12
A4
Save Me From Bloody Men
01:42
B1
Sanctus
07:00
B2
Hymn Before Action
02:38
B3
Charge!
07:26
C1
Angry Flames
04:44
C2
Torches
02:58
C3
Agnus Dei
03:39
C4
Now The Guns Have Stopped
03:25
D1
Benedictus
07:36
D2
Better Is Peace
09:33
D3
For The Fallen (In Memoriam Alfryn Jenkins) (Bonus Track)
04:41
Releases
Labels
EMI Classics, Decca, Warner Classics, Venture, Karl Jenkins Music Limited
Countries
Japan, Russian Federation, South Africa, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Europe, UK & Europe
years
2001, 2007, 2010, 2013, 2018, 2019
