Stillness: Music of Calm in a Changing World

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Album Summary

Performers

• Belinda Montgomery (Soprano)
• David Stanhope (Piano)
• Jane Sheldon (Voice)
• Paul McMahon (Tenor)
• Brendon Lukin (Organ)
• Brian Nixon (Percussion)
• Jim Franklin (Shakuhachi)
• Ian Cleworth (Percussion)
• Matthew Doyle (Didjeridu)
• Marshall McGuire (Harp)
• Sally Whitwell (Piano)
• Yvonne Kenny (Soprano)
• Diana Doherty (Oboe)
• Sally Maer (Cello)
• Anna McDonald (Violin)
• Clemens Leske (Piano)
• Tamara Cislowska (Piano)
• Genevieve Lacey (Recorder)
• Genevieve Lacey (Descant)
• Genevieve Lacey (Treble Recorder)

Conductors

• Furst, Janos
• Mills, Richard
• Porcelijn, David
• Rudner, Ola
• Stanhope, David
• Walker, Antony
• Weymark, Brett
• Williams, Lyn
• Woods, Thomas
• Yuasa, Takuo

Ensembles

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• Cantillation
• Synergy

Composers

• Ross Edwards (1943 - )
• Elena Kats-Chernin (Composer) (1957 - )
• Henryk Mikolaj Górecki (Composer) (1933 - 2010)
• Peter Sculthorpe (Composer) (1929 - )
• Arvo Pärt (1935 - )
• John Cage (1912 - 1992)
• Luciano Berio (1925 - 2003)
• Graeme Koehne (1956 - )
• John Tavener (Composer) (1944 - )
• Veljo Tormis (Composer) (1930 - )
• James MacMillan (Composer/Conductor) (1959 - )
• Sergey Rachmaninov (1873 - 1943)

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Works Details

Tavener, John : Song for Athene

• Conductor: Antony Walker
• Running Time: 7 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1993

Edwards, Ross : Veni Creator Spiritus (Come, O Creator Spirit) :: 1. Puro e tranquillo

• Conductor: Richard Mills
• Running Time: 7 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1993

Arvo Pärt (1935 - ) : Für Alina

• Performer: Tamara Cislowska (Piano)
• Running Time: 1 min. 49 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1976

Tavener, John : Lament for Jerusalem :: Stanza 1 - excerpt (By the waters of Babylon)

• Conductor: Thomas Woods
• Running Time: 2 min. 57 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 2002

Tavener, John : Lament for Jerusalem :: Stanza 5 - excerpt (O Jerusalem, Jerusalem)

• Conductor: Thomas Woods
• Running Time: 2 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 2002

Arvo Pärt (1935 - ) : Pari intervallo, for 4 recorders

• Performers: Genevieve Lacey (Recorder); Genevieve Lacey (Descant); Genevieve Lacey (Treble Recorder)
• Running Time: 2 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1980

Tormis, Veljo [Composer] : How can I recognize my home, for 2 sopranos & piano

• Performers: Belinda Montgomery (Soprano); David Stanhope (Piano); Jane Sheldon (Voice)
• Running Time: 4 min. 35 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1970s

Kats-Chernin, Elena : Wild Swans Concert Suite :: Darkness in the Forest

• Performer: Jane Sheldon (Voice)
• Conductor: Ola Rudner
• Running Time: 3 min. 44 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Cage, John : Amores :: 3. Trio for percussion

• Ensemble: Synergy
• Running Time: 1 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1943

MacMillan, James : A New Song, for chorus & organ

• Performers: Jane Sheldon (Voice); Paul McMahon (Tenor); Brendon Lukin (Organ)
• Conductor: Brett Weymark
• Ensemble: Cantillation
• Running Time: 5 min. 33 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1997

Edwards, Ross : Dance Mantras, for voices and drum

• Performers: Jane Sheldon (Voice); Brian Nixon (Percussion); Jim Franklin (Shakuhachi); Ian Cleworth (Percussion); Matthew Doyle (Didjeridu)
• Conductor: Lyn Williams
• Ensemble: Cantillation
• Running Time: 7 min. 19 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1992

Cage, John : In a Landscape

• Performer: Marshall McGuire (Harp)
• Running Time: 7 min. 43 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1948

MacMillan, James : Scots Song, for voice & piano

• Performers: Jane Sheldon (Voice); Sally Whitwell (Piano)
• Running Time: 5 min. 33 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Vocal

Arvo Pärt (1935 - ) : Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten, for string orchestra & bell

• Conductor: Ola Rudner
• Running Time: 7 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1977-1980

Henryk Mikolaj Górecki (Composer) (1933 - 2010) : Symphony no 3, Op. 36 'Symphony of Sorrowful Songs' :: 2. Lento e largo

• Performer: Yvonne Kenny (Soprano)
• Conductor: Takuo Yuasa
• Running Time: 8 min. 54 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Orchestral
• Written: 1976

Berio, Luciano : Wasserklavier, for 1 or 2 pianos

• Performer: Tamara Cislowska (Piano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1965

Rachmaninov, Sergei : All-Night Vigil, Op. 37 :: 7. Slava v vyshnikh Bogu (Glory to God in the Highest)

• Performer: Paul McMahon (Tenor)
• Conductor: Antony Walker
• Ensemble: Cantillation
• Running Time: 2 min. 55 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1915

Rachmaninov, Sergei : All-Night Vigil, Op. 37 :: 4. Svete tikhiy (Gladsome Light)

• Performer: Paul McMahon (Tenor)
• Conductor: Antony Walker
• Ensemble: Cantillation
• Running Time: 3 min. 18 sec.
• Period Time: Post Romantic
• Written: 1915

Edwards, Ross : Yanada, for oboe

• Performer: Diana Doherty (Oboe)
• Running Time: 3 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Arvo Pärt (1935 - ) : Spiegel im Spiegel, for cello & piano

• Performers: Sally Maer (Cello); Sally Whitwell (Piano)
• Running Time: 9 min. 23 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1978

Tavener, John : Song of Angel

• Performers: Jane Sheldon (Voice); Anna McDonald (Violin)
• Conductor: David Stanhope
• Running Time: 4 min. 29 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 1994

Sculthorpe, Peter : Music for Bali, for orchestra

• Conductor: Richard Mills
• Running Time: 3 min. 52 sec.
• Period Time: Modern

MacMillan, James : A Child's Prayer, for treble, chorus & organ

• Performers: Belinda Montgomery (Soprano); Jane Sheldon (Voice)
• Conductor: Brett Weymark
• Ensemble: Cantillation
• Running Time: 3 min. 58 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Koehne, Graeme : Capriccio :: 2. Rounds

• Performer: Clemens Leske (Piano)
• Conductor: Jànos Fürst
• Running Time: 5 min. 50 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Arvo Pärt (1935 - ) : The Woman with the Alabaster Box

• Conductor: Antony Walker
• Ensemble: Cantillation
• Running Time: 6 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 1997

Edwards, Ross : Symphony no 1 'Da pacem Domine' (Lord, Grant Us Peace) :: [Excerpt]

• Conductor: David Porcelijn
• Running Time: 3 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Orchestral

Edwards, Ross : Enyato 1 :: 1. Chorale (sereno)

• Conductor: Richard Mills
• Running Time: 8 min. 9 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Henryk Mikolaj Górecki (Composer) (1933 - 2010) : Amen for chorus, Op. 35

• Conductor: Antony Walker
• Ensemble: Cantillation
• Running Time: 6 min. 8 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1975