Choral singing enjoys astonishing vitality in the United States of America. Alongside Bernstein’s prodigious Chichester Psalms, Barber’s Two Choruses, and Erb’s much-loved arrangement of Shenandoah, Graham Ross and the Choir of Clare College, Cambridge introduce us to the colourful works of the younger generation of composers on the other side of the Atlantic. A splendid panorama of American choral music from the post-war period to the present day.
· Leonard BERNSTEIN (1918-1990)
Chichester Psalms (1965)
· I. (4'03)
· II. (5'26)
· III. (8'13)
· Hashkiveinu (1945) (5'54)· Traditional, arr. James ERB (1926-2014) (3'53)
Shenandoah (1971) (3'53)· Samuel BARBER (1910-1981)
Two Choruses Op. 42 (1968)
· Twelfth Night (3'39)
· To Be Sung on the Water (2'58)· Herbert HOWELLS (1892-1983)
Take him, earth, for cherishing (1961) (7'33)· Jennifer HIGDON (b. 1962)
O magnum mysterium (2002) (7'03)· Caroline SHAW (b. 1982)
and the swallow (2017) (3'09)· David LANG (b. 1957)
Protect yourself from infection (2019) (5'04)· Nico MUHLY (b. 1981)
· A Great Stone (2018) World première recording (2'09)
· A Good Understanding (2005) (6'21)· Eric WHITACRE (b. 1970)
Leonardo Dreams of His Flying Machine (2001) (8'11)
