Title from disc label. The Crossing ; PRISM Quartet (Timothy McAllister, soprano saxophone ; Robert Young, alto saxophone ; Matthew Levy, tenor saxophone ; Taimur Sullivan, baritone saxophone) (1st work) ; Kelly Ann Bixby, Karen Blanchard, Rebecca Siler, soloists (2nd work) ; Donald Nally, conductor. 1st work recorded 2014 July Gould Hall, Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia. 2nd work recorded 2015 June Saint Paul's Episcopal Church, Philadelphia. Booklet with program notes by the composer and Brian Morton in English, and English and Italian texts (23 pages : portraits) inserted in container.
Contents:
Solo et pensoso We see the heavens with our eyes (3:47). As sure as there is a space infinite (5:37) ; Infinity of space is like a painter's table (3:54) ; Eternity is a mysterious absence of times and ages (6:42) ; Eternity magnifies our joys exceedingly (3:17) ; His omnipresence is our field of joys (5:50) ; Our bridegroom and our king being everywhere (7:14) -- Two love songs. Io amai sempre (3:59) ; Solo et pensoso (3:47).
Summary:
A collection of two works by the composer Gavin Bryars: The fifth century, a large-scale work for choir and saxophone quartet that uses text from Centuries of meditations, by the English poet and theologian Thomas Traherne; and, Two love songs, settings of Petrarch sonnets for female choir a cappella.
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