Norma Burrowes (soprano)
Oriel Sutherland (contralto)
Stephen Adams (tenor)
Charles Corp (tenor)
Brian Rayner Cook (bass)
Tilford Festival Choir
Continuo:
Derek Stevens (harpsichord) Anna Shuttleworth (cello)
Keith Marjoram (double-bass)
Tilford Festival Orchestra
Leader, Trevor Williams
Conductor, Denys Darlow From Cheltenham Town Hall
Part 1
first performance: commissioned by the Cheltenham Festival
For John Metcalf 's Chorales and Variants ' the orchestra divides into two parts, roughly speaking high and low,' writes the composer: ' the first includes flutes, clarinets, horns. violins, and violas; the second, oboes, bas- soons, heavy brass, cellos, basses, and drums.' John Metcalf comes from Swansea, was educated at Cheltenham, and is now at Cardiff with Alun Hoddinott researching the development of percussion in twentieth-century music.