Morning Heroes
Album by Sir Arthur Bliss & Richard Baker & BBC Symphony Chorus & BBC Symphony Orchestra & Sir Charles Groves
Morning Heroes is a large-scale choral work by English composer Sir Arthur Bliss, composed in 1930. The piece sets wartime texts for soloists, chorus and orchestra, combining lyrical orchestral writing, dramatic choral passages and reflective interludes, and it marks Bliss's engagement with large-scale vocal-orchestral forms and interwar commemorative themes in British music.
First released: 24th July 1997
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- 1.Morning Heroes: I. Hector's Farewell to Andromache15:01
- 2.Morning Heroes: II. The City Arming12:33
- 3.Morning Heroes: III. Vigil13:59
- 4.Morning Heroes: IV. Achilles goes forth to Battle9:38
- 5.Morning Heroes: V. Now, Trumpeter, for thy Close12:53
