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Author Larsen, Libby.

Title Mass for the earth : Missa gaia / Libby Larsen.

Publication Info. Port Washington, N.Y. : Koch International Classics, [1995]
℗1995

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Description 1 audio disc : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Playing Time 002621 000343 000248 002842
Physical Medium 4 3/4 in.
Description digital
optical
1.4 m/s
digital recording
Note The 1st work for solo soprano, mixed chorus, flute, oboe, violin, cello, harp, and percussion; the 2nd-3rd works for unacc. mixed chorus (SATB); the 4th work for solo soprano, mixed chorus, oboe, 2 violins, viola, cello, 2 pianos, and percussion.
Words by Tu Fu (1st work), Laurie Lee (2nd work), and Louise Bogan (3rd work). Words of the mass are compiled from various poets, including Wendell Berry, T.S. Eliot, Gerard Manley Hopkins, Maurice Kenny, Meister Eckhard, Joy Harjo, the Chinook psalter, and the Old and New Testament.
Performer Cheryl Marshall, soprano (in the 1st and 4th works); Oregon Repertory Singers; instrumentalists; Gilbert Seeley, conductor.
Event Recorded Mar. 1994, Portland Art Museum, North Wing, Portland, Or.
Note Eds. recorded: European American Music (1st work); G. Schirmer (2nd-3rd works); ECS Pub.(4th work).
Compact disc.
Program notes by Stephen Paulus, Steve Smith, and Libby Larsen, and texts ([16] p. : ill.) in container.
Contents Echoes between the silent peaks : (1984). Banquet at the Tso family manor ; Jade flower palace ; Written on the wall at Chang's hermitage ; Snow storm ; Clear after rain ; Farewell once more / Stephen Paulus (26:21) -- Twelfth night : op. 42, no. 1 (1969) (3:43) ; To be sung on the water : op. 42, no. 2 (1969) (2:48) / Samuel Barber -- Missa gaia : Mass for the earth : (1991-1992). Introit : [Within the circles of our lives] ; Kyrie : [Blessed sister, holy mother] ; Gloria : [Glory be to God for dappled things] ; Credo : [Apprehend God in all things] ; Agnus Dei/Sanctus : [How lovely are the holy groves] ; Benediction : [To pray you open your whole self] / Libby Larsen (28:42).
Language Sung in English.
Subject Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with instrumental ensemble.
Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with instrumental ensemble.
Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied.
Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied.
Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied.
Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied.
Du, Fu, 712-770 -- Musical settings.
Du, Fu, 712-770.
Genre/Form Musical settings.
Subject Lee, Laurie -- Musical settings.
Lee, Laurie.
Bogan, Louise, 1897-1970 -- Musical settings.
Bogan, Louise, 1897-1970.
Genre/Form Masses.
Masses.
Sound recordings.
Sound recordings.
Musical settings.
Added Author Du, Fu, 712-770, lyricist.
Lee, Laurie, lyricist.
Bogan, Louise, 1897-1970, lyricist.
Marshall, Cheryl, performer.
Seeley, Gilbert, conductor.
Paulus, Stephen. Echoes between the silent peaks.
Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981. Twelfth night.
Barber, Samuel, 1910-1981. To be sung on the water.
Oregon Repertory Singers, performer.
Added Title Missa gaia https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no95054569
Missa gaia
Twelfth night.
12th night.
Music No. 3-7279-2H1 Koch International Classics