White/ Poukens/ Vanderheiden - Woad Format:CD TheNew York Times' Vivien Schweitzer

TheNew York Times' Vivien Schweitzer wrote that the choirs'performed with a buoyant pulse and energetic finesse'

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White/ Poukens/ Vanderheiden - Woad Format:CD TheNew York Times' Vivien SchweitzerThis unique and intriguing work is one of four 'fashion operas' by Scottish composer Alastair White (b. 1988) and this audio version follows the release in February 2021 of the opera ROBE which has attracted much praise. White's work is advanced not only in it's musical sound world but also in his self penned librettos which transform the story into surrealist and impressionist poetry. The work might also be classified, more traditionally as a song