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Welcome Joy - A Celebration of Women''s Voices

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CHSA 5350
 
Welcome Joy - A Celebration of Women''s Voices
CD UPC: 095115535028

Release Date: September 2024
Originally recorded in April 2024
Composer
Imogen Holst
Composer
Gustav Holst
Composer
Judith Weir
Composer
Hilary Campbell
Composer
Elizabeth Poston
Composer
Olivia M. Sparkhall
Composer
Gemma McGregor
Composer
Shruthi Rajasekar
Choral
Corvus Consort
Director
Freddie Crowley
Solo Harp
Louise Thomson
Producer
Adrian Peacock
Engineer
Alexander James
Venue 7-9 April 2024
Church of St Augustine, Kilburn, London
Genre:
Vocal & Song

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Welcome Joy
A Celebration of Women''s Voices

IMOGEN HOLST

Welcome Joy and Welcome Sorrow

11:47
Six Part-Songs for Female Voices and Harp (or Piano)
For the Aldeburgh Festival
1.
1
Welcome Joy and Welcome Sorrow. Allegretto
1:36
2.
2
Teighnmouth. Allegro molto
1:43
3.
3
Over the Hill and over the Dale. Vivace, ma non troppo
0:58
Presto
4.
4
O Sorrow. Un poco lento
3:05
5.
5
Lullaby. Andante molto moderato
2:36
6.
6
Shed no Tear. Allegretto
1:30

GUSTAV HOLST

Two Eastern Pictures, H 112

5:30
for Four-part Female Chorus and Harp
7.
1
Spring. Allegretto con spirito - Meno mosso - Tempo I
1:58
8.
2
Summer. Allegretto - Andante - Allegretto - Andante -
3:27
Allegretto - Cadenza [harp]

JUDITH WEIR

9.

We sekyn here rest

4:05
for Three-part Female Chorus and Harp
Con moto, leggiero - With a light step - With new energy

HILARY CAMPBELL

première recording
10.

Our Endless Day

3:45
for Three-part Female Chorus and Harp
Spaciously, reverentially Crotchet = 50 - Crotchet = 60 - Crotchet = 50

ELIZABETH POSTON

première recording in this edition

An English Day-Book

22:49
for Three-part Female Chorus and Harp
11.
1
A Bellman''s Song. Poco maestoso - Meno mosso
1:24
12.
2
Te lucis ante terminum. Plainsong, smooth and flowing -
1:49
13.
3
A Night Curse. Con brio - Largamente maestoso - Lento
1:18
14.
4
Lemady: Maying Song. Moderato - A shade quicker -
3:58
Con spirito - A tempo con grazia - Poco più mosso - Meno mosso -
Tempo I
15.
5
A Charm against the Bumble Bee. Moderato - Tempo giusto -
3:02
Tempo I
16.
6
Interlude for Harp. Molto moderato -
2:10
17.
7
The Noonday Heat (Air by William Boyce, 1710-1779).
2:13
Andante piacevole
18.
8
Running Set: Spring. Con brio
1:40
19.
9
Evening Song (The Priest''s Chant). Tranquillo
1:35
20.
10
Sweet Suffolk Owl. Andante semplice
2:09
21.
11
A Bellman''s Song (Mvt 1 abridged). Poco maestoso
0:56

OLIVIA M. SPARKHALL

première recording
22.

Lux Aeterna

4:29
for Three-part Female Chorus and Harp
Andante - En pressant - Più mosso

GEMMA MCGREGOR

23.

Love was his meaning

3:46
for Three-part Female Chorus and Harp
Andante - En pressant - Più mosso

GUSTAV HOLST

Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda, Op.26, Third Group, H 99

13:35
Four Hymns for Female Voices
with Accompaniment for Harp or Piano
This group is written for and dedicated to Frank Duckworth and his
Ladies'' Choir, Blackburn
24.
I
Hymn to the Dawn. Andante
3:14
25.
II
Hymn to the Waters. Allegro
2:13
26.
III
Hymn to Vena (The Sun Rising through the Mist). Adagio -
5:17
Andante con moto - Allegro - Adagio
27.
IV
Hymn of the Travellers. The God invoked in this hymn is the
2:36
Guide of travellers along the roads of this worls and along that
leading to the next. Moderato

SHRUTHI RAJASEKAR

première recording
28.

Ushas - Goddess of Dawn

3:31
for Four-part Female Chorus and Harp
[ ]- Grand
première recording
29.

Priestess

3:37
for Six-part Female Chorus and Harp
Incantation - Pleased - Excited - Ecstatic - Frenzied

GUSTAV HOLST

30.

Dirge and Hymeneal, H 124

4:29
for Three-part Female Chorus and Harp
Andante - Pesante
Total time: 80:09
Choral: Corvus Consort






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