A Company of Voices - Conspirare in Concert / Johnson, et al

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Album Summary

Performers

• Tom Burritt (Percussion)
• Bion Tsang (Cello)
• Ian Davidson (Oboe)

Conductor

• Hella-Johnson, Craig

Ensemble

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Composers

• American Traditional
• Dolly Parton (1946 - )
• Eric Whitacre (1970 - )
• Tarik O'Regan (1978 - )
• Morten Lauridsen (1943 - )
• Traditional Spiritual
• Samuel Barber (Composer) (1910 - 1981)
• Eliza Gilkyson (1950 - )
• Sydney Carter (1915 - 2004)
• Carly Simon (1945 - )
• Craig Hella Johnson (Choral Director)
• Ennio Morricone (Composer/Conductor) (1928 - )
• Annie Lennox (1954 - )

Notes & Reviews:

This CD 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.

Nominated for Best Classical Crossover Album, this release of Conspirare in Concert was also aired on PBS. "Elegant and provocative. Virtuosic singing." - Houston Chronicle. " .. probably the nation's best chorus." - San Antonio Express News

Notes & Reviews:

Includes work(s): collage: wayfarin' stranger / you're no g by various composers.

Includes work(s): i love you / what a wonderful world by various composers.

Includes work(s): when i fall in love / nearer my god to th by various composers.

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Works Details

Lauridsen, Morten : Nocturnes (3) for Chorus and Piano

• Conductor: Craig Hella-Johnson
• Running Time: 4 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Studio/Live: Live

Simon, Carly : Let The River Run

• Performer: Tom Burritt (Percussion)
• Running Time: 2 min. 20 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Studio/Live: Live

Traditional, American : The Water Is Wide (after O Waly, Waly)

• Performer: Bion Tsang (Cello)
• Running Time: 3 min. 45 sec.
• Studio/Live: Live

Traditional Spiritual : Didn't My Lord Deliver Daniel?

• Performer: Tom Burritt (Percussion)
• Running Time: 2 min. 28 sec.
• Period Time: Romantic
• Studio/Live: Live

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

• Performer: Bion Tsang (Cello)
• Running Time: 3 min. 24 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Studio/Live: Live

Parton, Dolly : Light of a Clear Blue Morning

• Running Time: 4 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Studio/Live: Live

Barber, Samuel : Agnus Dei

• Running Time: 8 min. 38 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Written: 1967
• Studio/Live: Live

Traditional Spiritual : Deep River

• Running Time: 2 min. 16 sec.
• Written: by 1875
• Studio/Live: Live

Morricone, Ennio : The Mission

• Performers: Ian Davidson (Oboe); Bion Tsang (Cello)
• Running Time: 2 min. 26 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Studio/Live: Live

Lauridsen, Morten : Soneto de la Noche, for chorus

• Running Time: 5 min. 55 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 2005
• Studio/Live: Live

Whitacre, Eric : What If, for chorus & percussion

• Performer: Tom Burritt (Percussion)
• Running Time: 3 min. 27 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Chamber Music
• Studio/Live: Live

Gilkyson, Eliza : Requiem, for chorus

• Running Time: 3 min. 44 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Studio/Live: Live

Lennox, Annie : 1000 Beautiful Things, song

• Performer: Tom Burritt (Percussion)
• Running Time: 3 min. 14 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Studio/Live: Live

O'Regan, Tarik : Triptych :: 3. From Heaven Distilled a Clemency [Excerpt]

• Performer: Tom Burritt (Percussion)
• Running Time: 2 min. 21 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Written: 2005
• Studio/Live: Live

Carter, Sydney : The First of My Lovers, for chorus

• Running Time: 3 min. 8 sec.
• Period Time: Modern
• Studio/Live: Live