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Summary:

The program of this album was conceived for Skylark's Good Friday performance at Tenebrae's Holy Week Festival in 2018 where they wanted to highlight a uniquely diverse blend of American traditional hymns. These hymns are complemented with works by Hildegard von Bingen, Francis Poulenc, and many many more composers dedicated to sacred polyphony for choirs.

Table of Contents:

• Were you there? / traditional African-American spiritual (3:58)
• When Jesus wept / William Billings (2:01)
• New Britain : ('Amazing Grace') / traditional hymn (1:51)
• Wondrous love / traditional hymn ; arranged by Robert Shaw and Alice Parker (3:54)
• Jordan : ('There is a land of pure delight') / William Billings (1:49)
• Ich wollt, daß ich daheime wär / Hugo Distler (3:45)
• Karitas abundat / Hildegard von Bingen (1:54)
• Break it gently to my mother / Frederick Buckley (3:12)
• David's lamentation / William Billings (1:04)
• Vinea mea electa / Francis Poulenc (3:30)
• Plymton : ('In deep distress I oft have cried') / William Billings (2:22)
• Þann heilaga kross / Anna Thorvaldsdottir (6:08)
• Death may dissolve : (Fantasia on a hymn by William Billings) / Jaakko Mäntyjärvi (4:01)
• Deep river / traditional African-American spiritual ; arranged by Gerre Hancock (2:50)
• In manus tuas / John Sheppard (4:12)
• Just as I am / traditional hymn ; tune by William Bradbury (2:21).

Contributors:

Guard, Matthew , conductor

Shaw, Robert, 1916-1999 , arranger of music

Parker, Alice, 1925-2023 , arranger of music

Hancock, Gerre, 1934-2012 , arranger of music

Billings, William, 1746-1800

Distler, Hugo, 1908-1942

Hildegard, Saint, 1098-1179

Buckley, Frederick, 1833-1864

Poulenc, Francis, 1899-1963

Anna S. Þorvaldsdóttir, 1977-

Mäntyjärvi, Jaakko

Sheppard, John, approximately 1515-1558

Bradbury, William B. (William Batchelder), 1816-1868

Skylark Vocal Ensemble , singer, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/sng

Languages:

English
German
Latin
Icelandic

Language Notes:

Sung in English, German, Latin, and Icelandic.

Included Works:

New-England psalm-singer [by Billings, W.] > When Jesus wept

Suffolk harmony [by Billings, W.] > Jordan

Geistliche Chormusik [by Distler, H.] > Ich wollt, dass ich daheime wär

Symphonia armonie celestium revelationum [by Hildegard, Saint] > Karitas habundat

Break it gently to my mother [by Buckley, F.]

Singing master's assistant [by Billings, W.] > David's lamentation

Motets pour un temps de pénitence [by Poulenc, F.] > Vinea mea electa

New-England psalm-singer [by Billings, W.] > Plymton

Þann heilaga kross [by Anna S. Þorvaldsdóttir]

Death may dissolve [by Mäntyjärvi, J.]

In manus tuas Domine, no. 1 [by Sheppard, J.]

Just as I am [by Bradbury, W.B.]

Subjects:

Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices), Unaccompanied

Hymns

Motets

Genres:

Hymns

Motets

Sacred music

System Details:

Blu-ray audio disc contains 9.1 24-bit/.20.8 kHz DXD; "Blu-ray disc will play in any standard Blu-ray player and contains high resolution surround sound and stereo versions of the program material"--Insert, back cover.

Performers:

Performed by Skylark Vocal Ensemble ; Matthew Guard, artistic director.

Performance Medium:

1 ensemble: mixed chorus
1 ensemble: vocal ensemble

General Notes:

Title from disc label.
Includes Blu-ray surround sound audio disc and standard audio CD.
"MShuttle MP3 and FLAC, Pure Audio, Blu-ray disc, DTS HD master audio, Auro native 3D audio, Dolby Atmos"--Container
"5.1 DTS HD MA 24/192kHz, 9.1 Auro-3D 24/96kHz, 2.0 LPCM 24/192kHz, 9.1 Dolby Atmos 24/48 kHz"--Container
Program notes and biographical notes on the performers in English with lyrics in English, German, Latin, and Icelandic (with English translations of the non-English texts) (22 pages) inserted in container.
Recorded 2017 June 21-24 Church of the Redeemer, Chestnut Hill, MA.

Physical Description:

2 audio discs (48:52 ; 48:52) ; 4 3/4 in.
no. 1

Physical Characteristics:

plastic; metal

Audio Characteristics:

digital; optical; stereo; surround

Digital Characteristics:

audio file; Blu-ray audio; CD audio

Call Numbers:

LPCD 161,249- 161,250

Other Standard Numbers:

Universal Product Code: 053479221926
Publisher Number, Sono Luminus: DSL-92219

OCLC Numbers:

1048612809