my north
BY REBECCA DALE
Commissioned as part of our Rite to Grieve project, My North is a stunning piece by Rebecca Dale, setting text from W H Auden’s Funeral Blues.
The piece was premiered at a special commemorative event at the National Covid Memorial Wall on 29 March 2022.
Released: 22.04.22
rebecca dale
After her self-release for choir and orchestra, "I'll Sing", reached No.1 in the iTunes Classical Single Charts, British composer Rebecca Dale made history in 2018 when she became the first female composer to sign to Universal Music's Decca Classics label, and the first woman to sign to Decca Publishing. Her debut album, Requiem For My Mother, featuring her requiem and symphony, went to No.1 in the specialist Classical charts.
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Lucy Cox
Fiona Fraser
Daisy Walford
Amy Blythe
Rosie Parker
Anna Semple
Tom Castle
Jonathan Hanley
Will Wright
Jack Comerford
Edmund Phillips
Ed Saddington
Ben Tomlin
Artistic Director & Conductor Tom Herring
Producer & Sound Engineer Adam Binks
Artwork Charlie Barton (ed. Tom Herring)
During the session at St Jude’s, Hampstead