In the beginning (16:30) ; Old American songs. Simple gifts (1:32), The boatmen's dance (3:00), At the river (3:03), Zion's walls (2:04), Ching-a-ring-chaw (1:45) ; Four motets. Help us, o Lord (2:29), Thou, o Jehovah, abideth forever (2:01), Have mercy on us, o my Lord (3:28), Sing ye praises to our king (1:55) / Aaron Copland -- Hymns from the Old South. My shepherd will supply my need (3:51), The morning star (1:14), Green fields (2:39), Death 'tis a melancholy day (2:35) ; Mass for two-part chorus and percussion (9:43) ; Tribulationes civitatum (2:38) ; De profundis (2:45) ; When I survey the bright celestial sphere (4:52) / Virgil Thomson.
Note
Choral music.
Mostly for a capella mixed chorus; Old American songs arranged by the composer for mixed chorus and accompaniment of two pianos; Mass for 2-part women's chorus with (ad lib) percussion accompaniment; last work for unison chorus with for organ and brass ensemble accompaniment.
Luretta Bybee, mezzo-soprano (1st work) ; David Ortolani, percussion (5th work) ; David Chalmers, James E. Jordan, Jr. piano (2nd work) ; Gloriæ Dei Cantores ; Gloriæ Dei Brass (last work) ; Elizabeth C. Patterson, Richard K. Pugsley, conductors.
Event
Recorded 2000 September Mechanics Hall, Worcester, Massachusetts.