Emily Howard: The Anvil BBC Singers/Halle Choirs/BBC Philharmonic conducted by Ben Gernon & Vimbayi Kaziboni Kate Royal, Claire Booth, Hugh Cutting, Christopher Purves Released by Delphian 2023 - As New CD (24-bit DDD) Emily Howard's masterpiece commissioned for the 200th anniversary of the Peterloo Massacre ! This album contains two pieces by the award-winning British composer Emily Howard, who is deeply fascinated by the "poetry" found in mathematical forms and processes, and the poet Michael Symons Roberts. "The Anvil" was commissioned by BBC Radio 3 and the Manchester International Music Festival to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the Peterloo Massacre, an incident in which a public gathering calling for electoral reform was suppressed in St. Peter's Field, Manchester in 1819. It is a work that demonstrates immeasurable power with soprano and baritone soloists and four choirs together with the BBC Philharmonic. The soloists are also truly luxurious, including Kate Royal,