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Hole in the Sky (GIA ChoralWorks) - CD

James Jordan

2016

Item #: CD-995     Status: Available

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Series: GIA ChoralWorks

Description:

“I would tear a hole in the sky so I could pull out the heart of the moon for thee.”

From “As I Walk the Silent Earth” by Thomas LaVoy

Performed by the Westminster Williamson Voices, conducted by James Jordan.

Works by: Ola Gjeilo, Eric Whitacre, Thomas LaVoy, Stephen Paulus, Aaron Copeland, Blake Henson, Benjamin Britten, Tomás Luis de Victoria, Dan Forrest, Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Arvo Pärt, Alice Parker, Anton Bruckner, and Maurice Duruflé.

Produced by James Whitbourn  

A stunning new recording from James Jordan and the Westminster Williamson voices.

Music opens us to a more radiant and brilliant life through sounds and words. There is music that, by its very nature, “tears a hole in the sky”—the “sky” of our spirits and souls. Certain music, certain composers, and certain performances have a way of “tearing a hole” into us perhaps even bringing new meaning to what we do and how we live.

The music of Hole in the Sky has a common thread in that all the pieces, in some way, provide an illuminative hole, through both sound and text, into a deeper understanding of life and living. It explores the many worlds of choral sound. From Ola Gjeilo’s “The Spheres,” to Mendelssohn’s stunning work for women’s choir, “Veni, Domine,” to “She Weeps Over Rahoon” by Eric Whitacre, to the joyful “Jubilate Deo” of Benjamin Britten, this music will touch the depths of your soul. Be bold, take a breath, and dare to fall through.

"Westminster Williamson Voices under James Jordan is one of the great choirs of the world. Theirs is a sound which can set the soul at rest."

James Whitborn

Format: CD

Discipline: Choir

TRACKS INCLUDED ON ALBUM

TITLE ARTIST TIME
1
Sunrise Mass: The Spheres James Jordan 4:29
2
She Weeps Over Rahoon James Jordan 4:47
3
As I Walk the Silent Earth James Jordan 6:14
4
Pilgrims' Hymn James Jordan 3:35
5
At the River James Jordan 3:11
6
And Dream Awhile James Jordan 5:53
7
Jubilate Deo James Jordan 3:10
8
"Kyrie" from Officium Defunctorum à 6 James Jordan 6:38
9
Good Night, Dear Heart James Jordan 5:12
10
"Veni, Domine" From Drei Motteten für weibliche Stimmen mit Begleitung der Orgel, op. 39 James Jordan 4:40
11
Da pacem Domine James Jordan 4:04
12
Hark, I Hear the Harps Eternal James Jordan 2:47
13
Locus iste James Jordan 3:34
14
'Tantum Ergo" from Quatre Motets sur des thèmes grégoriens, op. 10 James Jordan 2:49
15
The Road Home James Jordan 4:49