Research Catalog

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Additional authors

1. Geary, Robert (Conductor)
2. Kernis, Aaron Jay.
3. Rohde, Kurt.
4. Frank, Gabriela Lena.
5. Caltabiano, Ronald, 1959-
6. Moe, Eric.
7. Winges, Mark, 1951-
8. Garrop, Stacy, 1969-
9. Hawley, William, 1950-

Description

1. 1 sound disc : digital; 4 3/4 in.

Alternative title

1. New directions in American choral music

Subject

1. Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied

Contents

1. Ecstatic meditations / Aaron Jay Kernis (17:10) -- Endless / Kurt Rohde (12:21) -- Ccollanan María / Gabriela Lena Frank (5:43) -- Metaphor / Ronald Caltabiano (7:12) -- O the flesh is hot but the heart is cold / Eric Moe (9:28) -- Open the book of what happened / Mark Winges (13:13) -- Sonnets of beauty and music / Stacy Garrop (7:44) -- Two motets / William Hawley (4:12).

Owning institution

1. Columbia University Libraries

Note

1. For unaccompanied mixed voices.
2. Texts by Mechthild of Magdeburg (1st work), Jakob Stein (2nd work), William Blake (4th work), John Donne (4th work), Walt Whitman (4th work), Matthea Harvey (5th work), Caroline Forché (6th work), Edna St. Vincent Millay (7th work), Decimus Magnus Ausonius (8th work), Gaius Petronius Arbiter (8th work), and from a traditional religious tune from Cuzco, Peru (3rd work).
3. Compact disc.
4. Program notes and texts with English translations ([22] p. : ports.) inserted in container.

Event (note)

1. Recorded in Calif. May 2007-May 2009 at the Unitarian Universalist Center, Kensington; St. Ignatius Church, San Francisco; and Chapel of the Chimes, Oakland.

Language (note)

1. Sung in English, except for the 3rd work in Quechua and Spanish, and the 8th work in Latin.