The New York Virtuoso Singers Rosenbaum: Voices of Our Ancestors - COMPACT DISCS

The New York Virtuoso Singers Rosenbaum: Voices of Our Ancestors - COMPACT DISCS

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Title:

Voices of Our Ancestors

Artist:

The New York Virtuoso Singers Rosenbaum

Label:

Lyrita

Product Type:

COMPACT DISCS

UPC:

5020926038722

Genre:

Classical

Release Date:

2020-08-07

Number of Discs:

1

Paul Conway writes: "One of Musgrave's most powerfully expressive and lavishly intricate vocal works, Rorate Coeli (1973) is scored for unaccompanied SATB choir. There are also five soloists (SSATB), who sing both as a quintet and as individuals. This dramatic and virtuosic piece shows an inventive approach to text-setting in it's use of quasi-improvised musical effects. The Voices of our Ancestors (2014) is scored for brass quintet (horn, two trumpets, trombone and tuba), organ and SATB choir. Substantial and ambitious, The Voices of our Ancestors draws upon ancient texts from a number of linguistic sources, including Arabic, Persian, Hebrew, Latin, Greek, Egyptian and Chinese, all translated into English. Commissioned by Wells Cathedral, Missa Brevis, for SATB choir and organ (2017) was first performed by Wells Cathedral Choir, on the Feast of John the Baptist, Sunday 24 June 2018, in the presence of the composer. This compact setting of the Ordinary of the Mass has a reassuring, positive character with several of the sections concluding brightly on major chords."

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