A Garland for Linda
Studio album by
Various Artists
Released25 April 2000
Recorded10 August – 26 October 1999
StudioAll Saints Church, London
GenreChoral music
Length55:11
LabelEMI
ProducerJohn Fraser
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Allmusic [1]

A Garland for Linda is a tribute album for Linda McCartney, released in 2000 by the cancer-fighting organization the Garland Appeal. The album features choral music by ten contemporary composers including her husband Paul McCartney, John Rutter and John Tavener; and is performed by the Joyful Company of Singers under the conductor Peter Broadbent.

Track listing

  1. "Silence and Music" (Ralph Vaughan Williams) – 4:50
    • From "A Garland for the Queen" of 1953, the year of her coronation.
  2. "Prayer for the Healing of the Sick" (John Tavener) – 8:53
    • From a text by Mother Thekla found in the "Russian Orthodox Service of Holy Unction".
  3. "Water Lilies" (Judith Bingham) – 7:35
    • Written in March 1999, drawing on the composer's experience of swimming.
  4. "Musica Dei Donum" (John Rutter) – 5:36
    • From a solo chorus text of 1594.
  5. "The Doorway of the Dawn" (David Matthews) – 4:53
    • Write about Linda's qualities and feelings.
  6. "Nova" (Paul McCartney) – 6:28
    • Written from November 1998 to May 1999.
  7. "I Dream'd" (Roxanna Panufnik) – 3:30
    • Arrangement for a cappella chorus of a work.
  8. "Farewell" (Michael Berkeley) – 3:30
  9. "The Flight of the Swan" (Giles Swayne) – 6:16
    • Inspired by the death of James Manson, son of a close friend of the author, in 1996 from brain cancer.
  10. "A Good-Night" (Richard Rodney Bennett) – 2:51

Personnel

The Joyful Company of Singers

References

  1. ^ A Garland for Linda at AllMusic
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