A Company of Voices - Conspirare in Concert / Tsang, Burri [DVD]

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Album Summary

Conductor

• Johnson, Craig

Ensemble

• Conspirare

Composers

• Morten Lauridsen (1943 - )
• Craig Hella Johnson
• Ennio Morricone (1928 - )
• Eliza Gilkyson (1950 - )
• Larry Norman (1947 - 2008)
• Carly Simon (1945 - )
• Dolly Parton (1946 - )
• Lowell Mason (1792 - 1872)
• Annie Lennox (1954 - )
• Sydney Carter (1915 - 2004)
• Traditional
• Samuel Barber (1910 - 1981)
• Eric Whitacre (1970 - )
• Tarik O'Regan (1978 - )

Notes & Reviews:

This DVD captures the exquisite sound of the American choral group Conspirare, as heard and seen on a nationally televised, one hour concert airing nationally on PBS. Repertoire on the disc ranges from classical works by Lauridsen and Whitacre to arrangements of popular songs by Carly Simon and Dolly Parton. Taped live in October 2008 at Austin's Long Center for the Performing Arts, 'A Company of Voices - Conspirare in Concert' is a production of KLRU-TV, Austin, Texas, with executive producers Dick Peterson and Marion Lear Swaybill and director Karen McLaughlin. Now in its 17th season, Conspirare, under the leadership of founder and artistic director Craig Hella Johnson, has recorded 3 CDs and received four grammy nominations.

Notes & Reviews:

Run Time: 94 min.
Region: All
Picture Format: NTSC, 16:9, Color
Sound Format(s): DTS 5.1 Surround,

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Works Details

Lauridsen, Morten : Nocturnes (3) for Chorus and Piano :: Sure on this shining night

• Conductor: Craig Johnson
• Ensemble: Conspirare
• Running Time: 4 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Simon, Carly : Let The River Run

• Conductor: Craig Johnson
• Ensemble: Conspirare
• Running Time: 2 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Vocal

Traditional : Water is wide

• Conductor: Craig Johnson
• Ensemble: Conspirare
• Running Time: 3 min. 45 sec.
• Form: Vocal

Traditional : Didn't my Lord deliver Daniel?

• Conductor: Craig Johnson
• Ensemble: Conspirare
• Running Time: 2 min. 28 sec.

Johnson, Craig Hella : Will there really be a "Morning?"

• Conductor: Craig Johnson
• Ensemble: Conspirare
• Running Time: 3 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Vocal

Parton, Dolly : Light of a Clear Blue Morning

• Conductor: Craig Johnson
• Ensemble: Conspirare
• Running Time: 4 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Vocal

Johnson, Craig Hella : Collage

• Conductor: Craig Johnson
• Ensemble: Conspirare
• Running Time: 5 min. 3 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Vocal

Barber, Samuel : Agnus Dei, Op. 11

• Conductor: Craig Johnson
• Ensemble: Conspirare
• Running Time: 8 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1967

Traditional : Deep river

• Conductor: Craig Johnson
• Ensemble: Conspirare
• Running Time: 2 min. 16 sec.

Morricone, Ennio : The Mission :: Gabriel's Oboe

• Conductor: Craig Johnson
• Ensemble: Conspirare
• Running Time: 2 min. 26 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Film Score

Lauridsen, Morten : Nocturnes (3) for Chorus and Piano :: Soneto de la noche

• Conductor: Craig Johnson
• Ensemble: Conspirare
• Running Time: 5 min. 55 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Mason, Lowell : Nearer, my God, to Thee

• Conductor: Craig Johnson
• Ensemble: Conspirare
• Running Time: 3 min. 42 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Form: Choral
• Written: 1856

Whitacre, Eric : What if?

• Conductor: Craig Johnson
• Ensemble: Conspirare
• Running Time: 3 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Vocal

Gilkyson, Eliza : Requiem

• Conductor: Craig Johnson
• Ensemble: Conspirare
• Running Time: 3 min. 44 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 2005

Lennox, Annie : A Thousand Beautiful Things

• Conductor: Craig Johnson
• Ensemble: Conspirare
• Running Time: 3 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Vocal

O'Regan, Tarik : Triptych

• Conductor: Craig Johnson
• Ensemble: Conspirare
• Running Time: 2 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Vocal
• Written: 2005

Norman, Larry : I love you

• Conductor: Craig Johnson
• Ensemble: Conspirare
• Running Time: 3 min. 41 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Vocal

Carter, Sydney : The first of my lovers

• Conductor: Craig Johnson
• Ensemble: Conspirare
• Running Time: 3 min. 8 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Form: Vocal