25th Anniversary

Pacific Lutheran University Choral Union

2010

CD

United States of America

Conductor

Richard Nance

Label

Pacific Lutheran University / PLU Multimedia Recordings

Album info

This double-disc recording was the performance that won the First Place awards for Community Chorus Performance & for Choral Conducting in the American Prize, 2011.
This recording is in celebration of the choir’s 25th anniversary (est. 1984) and features Benjamin Britten’s glorious The Company of Heaven on disc one.
Disc two includes Gloria (from Missa brevis) by Zoltan Kodály; Veljo Tormis’s Sügismaastikud (Autumn Landscapes); Morten Lauridsen’s Sure On This Shining Night (from “Nocturnes”); The Making of the Drum by composer Bob Chilcott and Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy’s Verleih’ uns Frieden.

1

1. The Company of Heaven: I. Chaos(Introduction for orchestra)

Benjamin Britten

ISRC:

5:01

2. The Company of Heaven: Speaker (Text by Theodosius)

Benjamin Britten

ISRC:

1:00

3. The Company of Heaven: II. The morning stars (Hymn for chorus and orchestra)

Benjamin Britten

ISRC:

3:02

4. The Company of Heaven: Speaker(Text by Thomas Heywood)

Benjamin Britten

ISRC:

0:36

5. The Company of Heaven: IIIa. Jacob (Chorus and organ)

Benjamin Britten

ISRC:

0:22

6. The Company of Heaven: Speaker (Text from Genesis XXVIii 10-12, 16-17)

Benjamin Britten

ISRC:

0:58

7. The Company of Heaven: IIIb. Elisha (Chorus and organ)

Benjamin Britten

ISRC:

0:24

8. The Company of Heaven: Speaker (Text from 2 Kings VI 15-17)

Benjamin Britten

ISRC:

0:52

9. The Company of Heaven: IIIc. Hail Mary! (Soprano solo, chorus and organ)

Benjamin Britten

ISRC:

0:42

10. The Company of Heaven: Speaker (Text from Luke I 26-28, 21, 38)

Benjamin Britten

ISRC:

0:52

11. The Company of Heaven: IV. Christ, the fair glory (Hymn for soloists, chorus and orchestra)

Benjamin Britten

ISRC:

2:37

12. The Company of Heaven: Speaker (Text by Christina Rossetti)

Benjamin Britten

ISRC:

0:43

13. The Company of Heaven: V. War in heaven (Male chorus and orchestra)

Benjamin Britten

ISRC:

3:26

14. The Company of Heaven: VI. Heaven is here (Soprano solo, chorus and orchestra)

Benjamin Britten

ISRC:

4:19

15. The Company of Heaven: Speaker (Text by R. Ellis Roberts)

Benjamin Britten

ISRC:

0:21

16. The Company of Heaven: VII. A thousand thousand gleaming fires (Tenor solo and orchestra)

Benjamin Britten

ISRC:

2:08

17. The Company of Heaven: Speaker (Text by R. Ellis Roberts)

Benjamin Britten

ISRC:

1:38

18. The Company of Heaven: VIII. Funeral march for a boy (Orchestra)

Benjamin Britten

ISRC:

3:44

19. The Company of Heaven: Speaker (Text by Christina Rossetti)

Benjamin Britten

ISRC:

1:07

20. The Company of Heaven: IX. Whoso dwelleth under the defence of the most High (Psalm for unaccompanied chorus)

Benjamin Britten

ISRC:

4:06

21. The Company of Heaven: Speaker (Text by William Blake)

Benjamin Britten

ISRC:

0:52

22. The Company of Heaven: X. Lento maestoso (Speaker and orchestra)

Benjamin Britten

ISRC:

2:10

23. The Company of Heaven: XI. Ye watchers and ye holy ones (Hymn for soloists, chorus and orchestra)

Benjamin Britten

ISRC:

5:17

2

1. Gloria (from Missa brevis)

Zoltan Kodály
Conrad Susa
Chris McCafferty (tenor), Jonathan Young (organ)

ISRC:

4:33

2. Sügismaastikud (Autumn Landscapes): I. On hilissuvi (It Is Late Summer)

Veljo Tormis

Autumn Landscapes Late Summer

ISRC:

1:53

3. Sügismaastikud (Autumn Landscapes): II. Üle taeva joksevad pilved (Clouds Are Racing)

Veljo Tormis

Autumn Landscapes Clouds Racing in the Sky

ISRC:

2:11

4. Sügismaastikud (Autumn Landscapes): III. Kahvatu valgus (Pale Light)

Veljo Tormis

Autumn Landscapes Pale Light

ISRC:

1:26

5. Sügismaastikud (Autumn Landscapes): IV. Valusalt punased lehed (Painfully Red Are The Leaves)

Veljo Tormis

Autumn Landscapes Crimson Leaves Falling

ISRC:

0:46

6. Sügismaastikud (Autumn Landscapes): V. Tuul könnumaa kohal (Wind Over The Barrens)

Veljo Tormis

Autumn Landscapes Wind Over Wilderness

ISRC:

1:24

7. Sügismaastikud (Autumn Landscapes): VI. Külm sügisöö (Cold Autumn Night)

Veljo Tormis

Autumn Landscapes Cold Autumn Night

ISRC:

1:45

8. Sügismaastikud (Autumn Landscapes): VII. Kanarbik (Heather)

Veljo Tormis

Autumn Landscapes Heather

ISRC:

1:50

9. Sure On This Shining Night (from “Nocturnes”)

Morten Lauridsen
Amy Grinsteiner (piano)

ISRC:

5:56

10. The Making of the Drum: I. The Skin

Bob Chilcott
Miho Takanawa (marimba)

ISRC:

2:25

11. The Making of the Drum: II. The Barrel of the Drum

Bob Chilcott
Miho Takanawa (marimba)

ISRC:

4:11

12. The Making of the Drum: III. The Two Curved Sticks of the Drummer

Bob Chilcott
Miho Takanawa (marimba)

ISRC:

2:37

13. The Making of the Drum: IV. Gourds and Rattles

Bob Chilcott
Miho Takanawa (marimba)

ISRC:

2:01

14. The Making of the Drum: V. The Gong-Gong

Bob Chilcott
Miho Takanawa (marimba)

ISRC:

3:37

15. Verleih’ uns Frieden

Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

ISRC:

4:54