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Hermit songs, Op 29 (v, Crucifixion)
Composer: Samuel Barber
Performer: Kitty Whately (Mezzo)
Performer: Simon Lepper (Piano)
Recording date: 01 September 2018
Date of broadcast: 26 July 2019
The sparse accompaniment and dissonance in its high register (representing the circling bird in the first line) immediately draws the listener to the hopelessness Christ finds himself in. Barber uses the dissonant climaxes to imply the pain He suffered.
Composer: Samuel Barber
Performer: Kitty Whately (Mezzo)
Performer: Simon Lepper (Piano)
Recording date: 01 September 2018
Date of broadcast: 26 July 2019
