David Bedford: Twelve Hours of Sunset Format:CD life and imagined death of

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MARTIN COTTON Recording Producer

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David Bedford: Twelve Hours of Sunset Format:CD life and imagined death ofRelease Date: 1 April 1998 The haunting and atmospheric title work inspired by a Roy Harper lyric is accompanied by the celebratory Alleluia Timpanis, Bedford's Symphony No. 1, and his Recorder Concerto, with soloist Piers Adams. Piers Adams recorders BBC Symphony Orchestra Crouch End Festival Chorus Jac van Steen conductor Martin Brabbins conductor AUDIO REVIEWS 'Someone who can combine the shimmering sounds of Sixties texture music with greater