CDVoices of the earth and air : Vol. II, works for chorus.
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Featured Australian works
Work | Composer | Performers | Duration | |
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Crucifixus, op.13A (2018) an anthem or Lenten carol Recorded/performed at: Holy Name Parish, West Roxbury, MA, USA, on 19 Nov 16. |
Jonathan David Little | Vox Futura, Heinrich Christensen, Andrew Shenton | 11 mins, 57 sec. |
Also includes: Ave Maria / Scott Solak -- Glora in excelsis Deo / Helen MacKinnon -- A fisherman of the inland sea / L. Peter Deutsch -- Spells (excerpts) / Juli Nunlist -- Nachtlied / Daniel Morse -- Give us peace / Peter Greve -- Psalm 23 / Whitman Brown.
Product details
Voices of the earth and air Vol. 2 presents the best
that modern choral compositions have to offer. Settings of
traditional prayers are mingled with ethereal stories and
otherworldly visions, and each of the eight compositions both
stand unique and work together harmoniously to create a
collection that nods to the future of choral music.
Scott Solak's Ave Maria starts off the collection.
Richly tonal and resonant, the piece is written in memory of the
composer's mother, a second generation Polish Catholic. Ave
Maria is followed by Jonathan Little's Crucifixus,
another rich, vibrant work that presents modern interpretations
of historic performance techniques and fills space with an
all-encompassing listening experience. Helen MacKinnon's
Gloria in Excelsis Deo demonstrates various moods
throughout the piece, from tender to fiery and triumphant, all
culminating in a glorious "Amen" to close the piece.
The album then shifts to L Peter Deutsch's A Fisherman of the
Inland Sea. With jagged intervals and interesting harmonies,
and text by famed fantasy author Ursula K. LeGuin, the choir and
a single narrator retell the melancholy story of a young
fisherman's loss resulting from a tryst in a magical underwater
kingdom. Following this story is Juli Nunlist's posthumously
released Spells, an eerie, dissonant choral work that
uses subtle recurrences to create an enveloping form. Daniel
Morse's Nachtlied is an otherworldly soundscape that
uses the writings of Austrian Expressionist poet Georg Trakl.
Creating a sense of ritual, the otherworldliness is amplified by
the use of electronic sounds created through manipulating
pre-existing audio.
Peter Greve's invocation for organ and mixed choir Give Us
Peace is made up of four expressions of peace from four
religious traditions. It follows a narrative arc of joy within
communities, followed by violence and destruction, and finally a
reconciliation and expression of peace between four different
ideas. The album concludes with Whitman Brown's Psalm
23, a final return to sacred texts that creates a powerful
bookend to the collection. Reverent and soothing, it gives a
sense of conclusion to the journey of Voices of the earth and
air Vol. 2.
Duration: 62 min.
Liner notes include lyrics.
Composer biographies, and program notes can be found on the Navona Records website.
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