Iain Farrington - Dan Locklair: Sing To The World [CD]
Iain Farrington - Dan Locklair: Sing To The World [CD]
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This album brings together a remarkable collectionof secular choral works by the eminent Americancomposer Dan Locklair, celebrated for his gift of weavingwords with rich, expansive, harmonious and lyrical music.Drawing on texts by poets as diverse as Robert Frost,Walt Whitman, W.B. Yeats, Phillis Wheatley,Christine Teale Howes, John Gillespie Magee, Jr.and Rabindranath Tagore, these pieces explore themesof love and loss, nature and freedom, moments of intimatereflection and events of world-shaking resonance, alwayswith a voice that is deeply rooted in American culture.Spanning more than three decades, the works rangefrom intimate unaccompanied choral partsongs toexpansive cantatas, all commissioned by a range ofensembles, youth choirs and choral societies.
Tracklist:
- Sing to the World-I. That Music Always Round Me
- Sing to the World-II. the Singers
- Sing to the World-III. An Hymn to the Morning
- Sing to the World-IV. Master of Music
- Sing to the World-V. the Musical Ass
- For This Is Love
- Bond and Free
- Lilacs Bloomed-I. "... I Mourned"
- Lilacs Bloomed-II. "... Fallen Star"
- Lilacs Bloomed-III. "... a Miracle"
- For Amber Waves
- Tapestries
- Cloths of Heaven
- Changing Perceptions ; Epitaph-I. What Do We Know About Life
- Changing Perceptions ; Epitaph-II. A.M.H
- Changing Perceptions ; Epitaph-III. Grief Poem
- Changing Perceptions ; Epitaph-IV. High Flight
- Changing Perceptions ; Epitaph-V. Like the River That Passes Away
- Epitaph
UPC: 726436300131
Label: Convivium Records
Release Date: 1.2.26
Format: CD
