Draft:The Angry Planet

"The Angry Planet"
Environmental cantata by Bob Chilcott
TextCharles Bennett
LanguageEnglish
Composed2012 (2012)
Movements4
VocalSoprano solo, children's choir, mixed chamber choir and double mixed choir unaccompanied

The Angry Planet is an environmental cantata composed by Bob Chilcott with text by Charles Bennett. Comissioned by the Bach Choir in 2011,[1] it is scored for a soprano solo, unison children's choir, a mixed chamber choir and a double mixed choir, unaccompanied. The cantata is composed in four movements.

Recordings and performances

The Angry Planet made its world premiere at BBC Proms in 2012, by David Hill conducting the Bach Choir, BBC Singers, National Youth Choir of Great Britain, Great Baddow High School Signing Choir and the children's choirs from London Boroughs.[2] Later, the cantata was recorded in 2015, by Hill conducting the Bach Choir, BBC Singers, the Young Singers, London Youth Choir, and Finchley Children's Music Group with soprano Emma Tring.[3]

Other versions

Three pieces of the cantata, Yellow Eye, Green Rain and Peppermint Freckles, were published in 2017 as a collection titled Three Riddles from the Angry Planet for two-part children's choir and piano.[4]

References

  1. ^ "Chilcott: The Angry Planet and other choral works". Hyperion Records. Retrieved 28 September 2025.
  2. ^ "BBC Proms: Chilcott & Parry". BBC. 5 August 2012.
  3. ^ Coghlan, Alexandra. "Review: Chilcott: The Angry Planet". Gramophone. Retrieved 27 September 2025.
  4. ^ "Chilcott, Bob: Three Riddles". Presto Music. 24 August 2017.


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