| Description |
1 sound disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Playing Time |
000650 001048 001323 003700 |
| Note |
Words by Billy Collins (1st work); Seamus Heaney (2nd work); Louise Erdrich (3rd work); and Edna St. Vincent Millay, David Rosenberg, and Thomas Lloyd (4th work), and from Jeremiah 31 and Psalms 10 and 131. |
| Performer |
In the 1st and 3rd works: West Chester University Concert Choir; David P. Devenney, conductor. In the 2nd work: Kristen Gwynn, Katherine Gentry, sopranos; Chamber Singers of Haverford and Bryn Mawr Colleges; Thomas Lloyd, conductor. In the 4th work: Suzanne du Plantis, mezzo-soprano; Bucks County Choral Society; Pennsylvania Youth Chorale; instrumental ensemble; Eileen Finley, conductor. |
| Event |
Recorded Jan. 17, 1998 (3rd work) and Jan. 22, 2001 (1st work), Calvary Lutheran Church, West Chester, Pa.; Feb. 28, 2003, Our Lady of Mt. Carmel Church, Doylestown, Pa., and Mar. 2, 2003, First Baptist Church, Philadelphia, Pa. (4th work); and Apr. 29, 2003, Founders Hall, Haverford College, Haverford, Pa. (2nd work). |
| Note |
Compact disc. |
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Program notes by David P. DeVenney and Thomas Lloyd, biographical notes on the performers, and texts ([12] p. : ports.) in container. |
| Contents |
Aristotle : (1998) (6:50) -- The wishing tree : (2000) (10:48) -- Jacklight : (1997) (13:23) -- Rachel and her children : small hands, relinquish all : (2002). Prelude : The ardent eye, the listening ear ; Listen, a voice sobbing in Ramah ; Small hands, relinquish all ; As sharp as in my childhood ; Time, that renews the tissues of this frame ; Why, O God, do you stand so far off? ; Your voice will cease its weeping (37:00). |
| Subject |
Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied.
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Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with instrumental ensemble.
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| Added Author |
Gwynn, Kirsten. Performer.
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Gentry, Katherine. Performer.
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Du Plantis, Suzanne. Performer.
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DeVenney, David P., 1958- Conductor.
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Lloyd, Thomas, 1952- Conductor.
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Finley, Eileen. Conductor.
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Maggio, Robert.
Aristotle.
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Maggio, Robert.
Wishing tree.
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Maggio, Robert.
Jacklight.
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Maggio, Robert.
Rachel and her children.
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West Chester University Concert Choir. Performer.
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Chamber Singers of Haverford and Bryn Mawr Colleges. Performer.
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Bucks County Choral Society. Performer.
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Pennsylvania Youth Chorale. Performer.
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| Added Title |
Choral music. Selections
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Choral music of Robert Maggio |
| Music No. |
TROY645 Albany Records |
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