Ailish Tynan, BBC Singers, BBC Symphony Chorus, Martyn Brabbins - Judith Weir: The Vanishing Bridegroom

Judith Weir's opera, commission by Glasgow District Council for the 1990 City of Culture celebrations, takes three Scottish folktales, all concerned with disappearance: The Inheritance features a runaway bride, a singing forest and a lost sum of gold; The Disappearance tells of a man abducted by supernatural forces; and The Stranger is the story of an independent-minded girl wooed by a sinister stranger.

Weir's writing combines lush descriptive soundscapes with ethereal choruses and Gaelic folk melodies; the romanticism of the three tales is offset by the sardonic humour and down-to-earth attitude of their protagonists, and of the composer herself.

Ailish Tynan soprano
Anna St�phany soprano
Andrew Tortise tenor
Owen Gilhooly baritone
Jonathan Lemalu bass baritone