#2811: Medieval and Modern Choral Music

New Sounds | May 24, 2010
Music by the young American composer Eric Whitacre, some dazzling unaccompanied vocal writing from his record "Cloudburst." Also, music from the lauded record "Officium" by the Hilliard Ensemble and saxophone-wielding Jan Garbarek. Plus, Anonymous 4 sings Hildegard von Bingen and music by Alfred Schnittke - his "Collected Songs Where Every Verse Is Filled With Grief." And more.

PROGRAM # 2811, Choral Music, Medieval & Modern (First aired on Monday 6/9/08)

ARTIST(S)

RECORDING

CUT(S)

SOURCE

Hilliard Ensemble & Jan Garbarek

Officium

Parce Mihi Domine [6:30]

ECM #1525
www.ecmrecords.com *

Alfred Schnittke

Concerts for Mixed Chorus

Sabran je pesen sikh [8:00]

Chandos 9332 www.chandos.net OR Download from Emusic.com

Hilliard Ensemble & Jan Garbarek

Officium

Beata Viscera [6:30]

See above.

Eric Whitacre

Cloudburst

Cloudburst [8:30]

Hyperion #67543
www.hyperion-records.co.uk*

Einojuhani Rautavaara

Sacred Works for Mixed Chorus

Canticum Mariae Virginus [7:30]

Ondine #935 **
www.ondine.net*

Sequentia

Saints-Music of Hildegard von Bingen

O Euchari, in leta via ambulasti [7:00]

Deutsch Harmonia Mundi #77378 Available at Amazon.com*

Shirley Rumsey

Music from the Time of the Templars

Viderunt Omnes, excerpt [3:00]

Naxos 8.503192 www.naxos.com
OR Download from Emusic.com

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