If Love was Jazz | Andrew Kennedy, Carducci Quartet | 2006

If Love was Jazz | Andrew Kennedy, Carducci Quartet | 2006

Words Linda France.

Andrew Kennedy - tenor, Carducci Quartet. Recorded at Studio 1, BBC Wales, April 2006.

Part of the song cycle Words, Wide Night for tenor, piano and string quartet, commissioned to celebrate the 40th (Ruby) Wedding Anniversary of Jane and Steve Lee in 2006. Texts include poems on the subject of love drawn from a wide selection of literary styles ranging over several centuries.

World premiere: Andrew Kennedy, Daniel Hill, Carducci Quartet, Coxley Vineyard, 2006; first public performance: Andrew Staples, Daniel Hill, Carducci Quartet, Cardiff University, April 2007.

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