Show notes
This week’s show features 5 Chicago choirs that have recorded for Cedille (full playlist below). CHARLES VILLIERS STANFORD (1852–1924)Three Motets, Op. 38 (1905)III. Beati Quorum Via (3:35)From Hear My Prayer: Choral Music of the English RomanticsCedille Records 90000 036 (Track 8)and Serenely CedilleCedille Records CDR 8001 (Track 17)His Majestie’s ClerkesAnne Heider, directorFRANK FERKO (b. 1950)Stabat Mater (1998)IV. Quae maerebat (2:28)From Frank Ferko: Stabat MaterCedille Records CDR 90000 051 (Track 5)His Majestie’s ClerkesAnne Heider, directorKEVIN OLSON (b. 1970)Summer Sonnet (4:46)From Shall I Compare Thee?Cedille Records CDR 90000 085 (Track 1)Chicago a cappellaCHRISTIAN ONYEJI (b. 1967)Amuworo ayi otu nwa (2:50)From Christmas a cappellaCedille Records CDR 90000 107 (Track 1)Chicago a cappellaWILLIAM FERRIS (1937–2000)SnowcarolsIII. In the bleak mid-winter (4:44)From SnowcarolsCedille Records CDR 90000 101 (Track 12)William Ferris ChoralePaul French, conductorALAN HOVHANESS (1911–2000)Four Motets, Op. 268III. Lord, Who Shall Abide (3:30)From American Choral PremieresCedille Records CDR 90000 109 (Track 3)William Ferris ChoralePaul French, conductorGIAN CARLO MENOTTI (1911–2007)Missa “O Pulchritudo”Agnus Dei (8:42)From William Ferris Chorale: Menotti and VierneCedille Records CDR 7001 (Track 5)Joan Gibbons, sopranoDeborah Fair, mezzo sopranoJohn Vorrasi, tenorThomas Sillitti, bassWilliam Ferris ChoralePaul French, conductorLEO SOWERBY (1895–1968)The Canticle of the SunPraised be my Lord for our mother the earth… (3:03)From The Pulitzer ProjectCedille Records CDR 90000 125 (Track 17)Grant Park ChorusGrant Park OrchestraCarlos KalmarChristopher BellSTACY GARROP (b. 1969)Sonnets of Desire, Longing, and Whimsy (7:45)I. Now by this moon, before this moon shall waneII. Time does not bring relief, you all have liedIII. I shall forget you presently, my dearFrom Songs of Smaller Creatures and other American Choral WorksCedille Records CDR 90000 131 (Tracks 8-10)Grant Park ChorusChristopher BellLITA GRIER (b. 1973)I AM (2:59)From Songs from Spoon RiverCedille Records CDR 90000 112 (Track 28)Chicago Children’s ChoirJosephine Lee, conductorJohn Goodwin, piano