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| GM 2003 |
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John
Stewart McLennan:
Vocal and Organ Works |
 John
Stewart McLennan’s music has a distinct personality
and offers well-crafted, conservative styles.
The skillfully composed songs work to
illuminate the texts of Joyce and Sitwell.
(Also on GM Recordings by John Stewart
McLennan: Celebration: Three
Orchestral Works.) |
“Absorbing,
searching and emotionally
powerful music.”
—New York Times |
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| PERFORMERS |
| Beverly
Morgan, soprano; Christopher O’Riley, piano;
James David Christie, organ. |
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| PROGRAM |
| Side
1 |
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Three
Songs from James Joyce |
9:12 |
| 1. |
I. |
“Nightpiece” |
3:40 |
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| 2. |
II. |
“Alone” |
2:56 |
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| 3. |
III. |
“Strings in the Earth
and Air” |
2:36 |
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Three
Songs from Edith Sitwell |
7:46 |
| 4. |
I. |
“Fires in the Heavens” |
1:53 |
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| 5. |
II. |
“Once My Heart Was a
Summer Rose” |
3:00 |
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| 6. |
III. |
“The Young Spring Earth” |
2:53 |
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| 7. |
Ceremonial
Music |
6:40 |
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| Side
2 |
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Triptych
for organ |
26:12 |
| 1. |
I. |
Maestoso-Molto più
mosso e agitato-Maestoso |
7:10 |
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| 2. |
II. |
Allegro moderato |
6:26 |
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| 3. |
III. |
Grave-Presto-Grave |
12:36 |
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| Recorded on
(1: #1-6) 8 October 1981 at Dimension
Studio; (1: #7, 2: #1-3) 3 November 1981 at
the Church of the Advent in Boston, Massachusetts. |
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| Producer:
Gunther Schuller |
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