Choral Hour 12-04-16
“Overall, the work is a prayer for rest (“Requiem”) for the living, as much as for the deceased. It’s a ‘grant US rest’, even more than a ‘grant THEM rest'”. That was Dan Forrest describing his “Requiem for the Living” which is this morning’s major choral offering.
8:00 AM
Dan Forrest Requiem for the Living Hinshaw 1
COND Welborn Young, conductor
ORCH Bel Canto Company
SOLO Donovan Elliott, boy soprano
SOLO Lindsey McConville Gallagher,
SOLO Jeremy Whitener, tenor
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8:45 AM
Joseph Haydn Creation: The Heavens are Telling London 466075
COND Sir Georg Solti
ORCH Chicago Symphony Orchestra
SOLO and Chorus
SOLO Norma Burrowes, sporano
SOLO Rudiger Wohlers, tenor
SOLO James Morris, bass
3:31 C 2 8-8
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8:50 AM
Ludwig van Beethoven Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage: Cantata Vox/MMG 5099
COND Stanislaw Skrowaczewski
ORCH Minnesota Orchestra
SOLO Bach Society of Minnesota
