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Woefully arrayed

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Woefully arrayed : sacred & secular choral & polychoral works / by Jonathan David Little.

  • Published by Navona Records — 2017 [NV6113] — 1 CD
  • Sales Availability: This item may be available to purchase from the Australian Music Centre.
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  • Library Availability: CD 2859 — Available for loan

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This item may be available to purchase from the Australian Music Centre.
Please contact our Sales Department to confirm pricing and availability.

Featured Australian works

  Work Composer PerformersDuration
Gloria, op.18 (2016) 'Et in Arcadia ego: An Apotheosis', a cappella SATB double choir with 2 x SA soloists
Recorded/performed at: Futura Productions, Boston MA, USA, on 22 Jan 17.
Jonathan David Little Vox Futura, Andrew Shenton, Noel Smith 10 mins, 23 sec.
Kyrie, op. 5 (2005) for a cappella SATB double choir and soloists
Recorded/performed at: Royal Peculiar Church of St Alfege, Greenwich, UK, on Nov 05.
Jonathan David Little Thomas Tallis Chamber Choir, Philip Simms 4 mins, 33 sec.
That time of year, op. 2 (1986) a song setting for five unaccompanied voices
Recorded/performed at: First United Methodist Church, Hamilton OH, USA, on 12 Mar 16.
Jonathan David Little Stanbery Singers, Paul John Stanbery 5 mins, 15 sec.
Wasted and Worn, op.6 (2016) "And calm of mind all passion spent"
Recorded/performed at: First United Methodist Church, Hamilton OH, USA, on 22 Apr 16.
Jonathan David Little Stanbery Singers, Paul John Stanbery 12 mins, 20 sec.
Woefully Arrayed, op.13 (2016) "Crucifixus pro vobis"
Recorded/performed at: Romanesque Revival Holy Name Parish, West Roxbury MA, USA, on 19 Nov 16.
Jonathan David Little Vox Futura, Heinrich Christensen, Andrew Shenton, Noel Smith 25 mins

Product details

Navona Records showcases sacred and secular choral works by composer Jonathan Little on its latest release, WOEFULLY ARRAYED. Jonathan Little's work has been described as "a music redolent of the past and the future." His modern interpretations of Renaissance and Baroque techniques of composition-such as modal harmonies and isorhythm-form the basis of his musical voice. The sound is strikingly contemporary, yet also intertwined with choral traditions of the past. Several of these beautiful and moving settings of profound and poignant texts feature intricate "polychoral" techniques: multi-part, multi-divisi, solo, echo and spatial effects.

Many of Little's choral works are designed to be performed cori spezzati-a technique with which different sections of the choir are arranged above and around the audience, adding another dimension to the listening experience. One of these pieces is his Kyrie for 21 individual voices, performed by the Thomas Tallis Society Choir. The other works featured on the album are all world premieres. Vox Futura of Boston performs a Gloria to accompany the Kyrie (both works are part of Little's ongoing mass project, Missa Temporis Perditi). They also perform the extensive, rapturous title track Woefully Arrayed, from text attributed to John Skelton. The Stanbery Singers perform on the secular section of the album, which includes That Time of Year-a madrigal-like setting of Shakespeare's Sonnet 73-as well as Wasted and Worn, which is dedicated to the memory of the neglected neo-classical artist John William Godward. Vox Futura returns to round out the album with a reprise of the secular verses of Woefully Arrayed.

Liner notes include programme notes and song texts.


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