Voices of October

This CD contains choral and vocal music composed over two decades, from Our Wish This Year is Peace (1992) to two works composed especially for the concerts in 2011 during which the CD was recorded, Summer for unaccompanied chorus and Trajectory of Flight for mezzo-soprano and strings. The works contain settings of poetry by Shakespeare (Three Songs from Twelfth Night) as well as Vermont poets David Budbill (A Solitary Voice), Jean L. Connor (Summer and Trajectory of Flight) and Barbara St. Nielsen (Time’s Shadow). The CD features mezzo-soprano Wendy Hoffman-Farrell, pianist Mary Jane Austin, violinists Sofia Hirsch and Laura Markowitz, violist Elizabeth Reid, cellist John Dunlop, and the chamber chorus Voces Dulcissimae, all under the direction of Larry Hamberlin. The music may be purchased as individual tracks for $.99 or as an entire CD for $15.

Begin the Day
Begin the Day
The first song from the three-song set "Time's Shadow", for SATB chorus and piano
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Spring Lake
Spring Lake
The second song from the three-song set "Time's Shadow", for SATB chorus and piano
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Garden's End
Garden's End
The final song from the three-song set "Time's Shadow", for SATB chorus and piano
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Now, in March
Now, in March
The first song of the six-song cycle "Trajectory of Flight", for mezzo-soprano and strings
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Allegro
Allegro
The second song of the six-song cycle "Trajectory of Flight", for mezzo-soprano and strings
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Evening
Evening
The third song of the six-song cycle "Trajectory of Flight", for mezzo-soprano and strings
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Late August
Late August
The fourth song of the six-song cycle "Trajectory of Flight", for mezzo-soprano and strings
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Keeping the Silence
Keeping the Silence
The fifth song of the six-song cycle "Trajectory of Flight", for mezzo-soprano and strings
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Almost Night
Almost Night
The final song of the six-song cycle "Trajectory of Flight", for mezzo-soprano and strings
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Summer
Summer
A setting of a beautiful poem by Jean L. Connor for unaccompanied SATB divisi choir
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Which?
Which?
The first song of the four-song set "A Solitary Voice", for unaccompanied SATB chorus
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After a Walk
After a Walk
The second song of the four-song set "A Solitary Voice", for unaccompanied SATB chorus
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Autumn and Crickets
Autumn and Crickets
The third song of the four-song set "A Solitary Voice", for unaccompanied SATB chorus
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What Issa Heard
What Issa Heard
The final song of the four-song set "A Solitary Voice", for unaccompanied SATB chorus
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O Mistress Mine
O Mistress Mine
The first song in the three-song set "Three Songs from Twelfth Night" for SATB chorus and strings
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Come Away, Death
Come Away, Death
The second song in the three-song set "Three Songs from Twelfth Night" for SATB chorus and strings
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When That I Was
When That I Was
The final song in the three-song set "Three Songs from Twelfth Night" for SATB chorus and strings
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Our Wish This Year is Peace
Our Wish This Year is Peace
A setting of my own text for unaccompanied SATB chorus
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Voices of October (Full mp3 album)
Voices of October (Full mp3 album)
This CD contains choral and vocal music composed over two decades, from Our Wish This Year is Peace (1992) to two works composed especially for the concerts in 2011 during which the CD was recorded, Summer for unaccompanied chorus and Trajectory of Flight for mezzo-soprano and strings. The works contain settings of poetry by Shakespeare (Three Songs from Twelfth Night) as well as Vermont poets David Budbill (A Solitary Voice), Jean L. Connor (Summer and Trajectory of Flight) and Barbara St. Nielsen (Time’s Shadow). The CD features mezzo-soprano Wendy Hoffman-Farrell, pianist Mary Jane Austin, violinists Sofia Hirsch and Laura Markowitz, violist Elizabeth Reid, cellist John Dunlop, and the chamber chorus Voces Dulcissimae, all under the direction of Larry Hamberlin.

Track Listing
Time's Shadow:
Begin the Day
Spring Lake
Garden's End

Trajectory of Flight:
Now, in March
Allegro
Evening
Late August
Keeping the Silence
Almost Night

Summer

A Solitary Voice:
Which?
After a Walk
Autumn and Crickets
What Issa Heard

Three Songs From Twelfth Night:
O Mistress Mine
Come Away, Death
When That I Was

Our Wish This Year is Peace

Price: $15.00