℗ 2024 Liz Dilnot Johnson
Released | June 14, 2024 |
Duration | 1h 12m 47s |
Record Label | Métier |
Catalogue No. | MEX 77125 |
Genre | Classical (Choral) |
Gentle Flame: Choral Works by Liz Dilnot Johnson
Ex Cathedra, Jeffrey Skidmore
Available in 96 kHz / 24-bit AIFF, FLAC high resolution audio formats
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Gentle Flame
Liz Dilnot Johnson; Ex Cathedra; Jeffrey Skidmore |
3:09 | |||
1.2
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For Hester
Liz Dilnot Johnson; Philip Larkin; Ex Cathedra; Jeffrey Skidmore; Suzie Vango |
2:21 | |||
1.3
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O Vos
Liz Dilnot Johnson; Hildegard of Bingen; Ex Cathedra; Jeffrey Skidmore |
3:21 | |||
1.4
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The Windhover
Liz Dilnot Johnson; Gerard Manley Hopkins; Ex Cathedra; Jeffrey Skidmore; Lawrence White |
8:26 | |||
1.5
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Blake Reimagined
Liz Dilnot Johnson; William Blake; Ex Cathedra; Jeffrey Skidmore; Gabriella Liandu; Margaret Lingas; Debipriya Sircar |
2:59 | |||
1.6
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Magi
Liz Dilnot Johnson; Ex Cathedra; Jeffrey Skidmore |
2:30 | |||
1.7
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A Wild Midwinter Carol
Liz Dilnot Johnson; Ex Cathedra; Jeffrey Skidmore |
2:45 | |||
1.8
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For This Babe
Liz Dilnot Johnson; Marian Paulson; Ex Cathedra; Jeffrey Skidmore |
4:09 | |||
When A Child Is A Witness – Requiem for Refugees (2022)
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1.9
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I. Requiem Aeternam
Liz Dilnot Johnson; Ex Cathedra; Jeffrey Skidmore; Gabriella Liandu |
2:09 | |||
1.10
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II. Why do the nations Rage
Liz Dilnot Johnson; Ex Cathedra; Jeffrey Skidmore; Gabriella Liandu |
2:44 | |||
1.11
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III. Kyrie Eleison
Liz Dilnot Johnson; Ex Cathedra; Jeffrey Skidmore; Gabriella Liandu |
5:20 | |||
1.12
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IV. I will lift up mine eyes
Liz Dilnot Johnson; Ex Cathedra; Jeffrey Skidmore; Gabriella Liandu |
4:16 | |||
1.13
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V. Lacrimosa
Liz Dilnot Johnson; Ex Cathedra; Jeffrey Skidmore; Gabriella Liandu |
3:55 | |||
1.14
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VI. Sanctus
Liz Dilnot Johnson; Ex Cathedra; Jeffrey Skidmore; Gabriella Liandu |
2:13 | |||
1.15
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VII. Agnus Dei
Liz Dilnot Johnson; Ex Cathedra; Jeffrey Skidmore; Gabriella Liandu |
4:13 | |||
1.16
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VIII. When A Child is A Witness
Liz Dilnot Johnson; Ex Cathedra; Jeffrey Skidmore; Gabriella Liandu |
4:10 | |||
1.17
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IX. Libera Me
Liz Dilnot Johnson; Ex Cathedra; Jeffrey Skidmore; Gabriella Liandu |
2:48 | |||
1.18
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X. If I take the wings
Liz Dilnot Johnson; Ex Cathedra; Jeffrey Skidmore; Gabriella Liandu |
4:05 | |||
1.19
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XI. Lighten Our Darkness
Liz Dilnot Johnson; Ex Cathedra; Jeffrey Skidmore; Gabriella Liandu |
2:44 | |||
1.20
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XII. Lux Aeterna
Liz Dilnot Johnson; Ex Cathedra; Jeffrey Skidmore; Gabriella Liandu |
4:30 | |||
Digital Booklet
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This album presents some of the music Liz Dilnot Johnson has composed for Ex Cathedra. Other works include the recent orchestral cantata I Stand At The Door, setting words by Greta Thunberg and Kurt Masur, described by Jeffrey Skidmore as 'Johnson’s love-song for the planet’, and two ‘eco-carols’ Generous Winter (2023) and Imagine A Winter (2023). These carols are inspired by Prof. Kate Raworth, whose book Doughnut Economics encourages a rethinking of global economics to ensure a "safe and just space for humanity to thrive in.” The compser says, “I am now seeking ways of cultivating such a space through musical creativity, together with the Ex Cathedra team.”
The first half of the album presents some of Johnson’s earliest works including O Vos with spirals of sopranos unfurling, defined by the Fibonacci Series, written as part of a collaboration with mathematician Prof. Ian Stewart. More recent pieces that have been commissioned and premiered by Ex Cathedra, with whom Liz is composer-in-residence, include Blake Reimagined, a lockdown work originally composed for remote choir (later released on Youtube) with soloists. The range of choral works on this album spans the enormous output across the composer’s life, performed with great flair by Ex Cathedra directed by Jeffrey Skidmore.
The second half of the album presents one of Johnson’s large-scale choral works, When A Child Is A Witness – Requiem for Refugees, winner of the Ivors Composer Award for community and participation (2022). Setting words from the traditional Requiem Mass, along with words from the English Prayer Book, these choral movements encompass a world of music from a simple call and response song to complex and emotionally driven music that takes the listener on an emotional journey, moving from darkness into light.
96 kHz / 24-bit PCM – Métier Studio Masters
Track title | Peak (dB FS) | RMS (dB FS) | LUFS (integrated) | DR | |
Album average Range of values | -5.38 -17.74 to -0.10 | -29.66 -38.37 to -24.30 | -24.47 -35.10 to -17.30 | 14 11 to 17 | |
1 | Gentle Flame | -5.82 | -29.64 | -21.5 | 13 |
2 | For Hester | -17.74 | -38.37 | -35.1 | 11 |
3 | O Vos | -6.28 | -31.02 | -23.6 | 13 |
4 | The Windhover | -1.50 | -26.60 | -20.6 | 15 |
5 | Blake Reimagined | -4.94 | -28.74 | -23.9 | 13 |
6 | Magi | -4.00 | -27.02 | -22.3 | 13 |
7 | A Wild Midwinter Carol | -7.72 | -33.56 | -29.4 | 17 |
8 | For This Babe | -4.23 | -31.20 | -25.0 | 15 |
9 | I. Requiem Aeternam | -4.33 | -28.96 | -23.8 | 13 |
10 | II. Why do the nations Rage | -2.30 | -25.54 | -19.2 | 14 |
11 | III. Kyrie Eleison | -0.10 | -26.65 | -20.1 | 17 |
12 | IV. I will lift up mine eyes | -14.58 | -38.09 | -34.9 | 13 |
13 | V. Lacrimosa | -0.10 | -24.30 | -17.3 | 14 |
14 | VI. Sanctus | -0.10 | -24.68 | -21.1 | 16 |
15 | VII. Agnus Dei | -9.44 | -35.04 | -32.2 | 15 |
16 | VIII. When A Child is A Witness | -0.41 | -28.08 | -24.3 | 15 |
17 | IX. Libera Me | -2.17 | -25.60 | -18.2 | 13 |
18 | X. If I take the wings | -8.92 | -30.32 | -27.3 | 12 |
19 | XI. Lighten Our Darkness | -12.83 | -34.53 | -30.1 | 12 |
20 | XII. Lux Aeterna | -0.10 | -25.33 | -19.4 | 15 |