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Format:

Music CD, Musical Sound Recording, Sound Recording

Author:

Bryars, Gavin, composer, writer of added commentary.

Title:

The fifth century / Gavin Bryars.

Publisher, Date:

München : ECM Records, [2016]

℗2016

Description:

1 audio disc : digital, CD audio ; 4 3/4 in.

4 3/4 in.

digital optical 1.4 m/s

audio file CD audio

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.

Series:

ECM new series

ECM new series.

Subjects:

Traherne, Thomas, -1674 -- Musical settings.

Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374 -- Musical settings.

Choruses, Sacred (Mixed voices) with instrumental ensemble.

Choruses, Secular (Women's voices, 3 parts), Unaccompanied.

Genre:

Art music.

Love songs.

Sacred music.

Other Author:

Nally, Donald, 1960- conductor.

Bixby, Kelly Ann, singer.

Blanchard, Karen, singer.

Siler, Rebecca, singer.

Traherne, Thomas, -1674, author.

Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374, author.

Morton, Brian, 1954- writer of added commentary.

Container of (work): Bryars, Gavin. Fifth century.

Container of (work): Bryars, Gavin. Love songs.

Prism Quartet, instrumentalist.

Crossing (Musical group : Philadelphia, Pa.), singer.

Other Title:

Choral music. Selections

Notes:

Title from disc surface.

Program notes by the composer and Brian Morton, and sung texts, (23 pages : portraits) inserted in container.

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.

recorded 2014 July Gould Hall, Curtis Institute of Music, Philadelphia.

recorded 2015 June Saint Paul's Episcopal Church, Philadelphia.

Sung in English (1st work) and Italian (2nd work).

Contents:

The fifth century. We see the heavens with our eyes As sure as there is a space infinite Infinity of space is like a painter's table Eternity is a mysterious absence of times and ages Eternity magnifies our joys exceedingly His omnipresence is our field of joys Our bridegroom and our king being everywhere Two love songs. Io amai sempre Solo et pensoso

ISBN:

9786316700704 : CD

6316700709 : CD

Publisher Number:

ECM 2405

B0025869-02

Other Number:

960306536

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

1

Control Number:

703783

# Local items in:

1

# System items in:

1

Call Number:

CD C BRYAR FC B69