Yale Schola Cantorum, David Hill: Weir: In the Land of Uz & Beach: The Canticle of the Sun CD
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Yale Schola Cantorum, David Hill: Weir: In the Land of Uz & Beach: The Canticle of the Sun CD

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Two significant choral premieres separated by the Atlantic Ocean and a gap of 100 years. In the Land of Uz by Judith Weir is the first commercial recording of a major new work for choir, solo tenor and instruments premiered by conductor David Hill at the 2017 Proms. "Canticle of the Sun" by US composer Amy Beach took inspiration from nature: in just a few days, the composer claimed she 'merely took down the music as if from dictation’ across this large-scale work. With her luminous choral harmonies, Beach is now finally recognized as a cornerstone 20th-century American classical voice. Heard here under the baton of British conductor David Hill, the Yale Schola Cantorum has a US-wide reputation as a mixed choir of exceptional calibre.

Tracklist:

In the Land of Uz – Dame Judith Weir (b. 1954)
1. Prologue – There was a man in the Land of Uz
Tommy Watson (narrator), Steven Soph (tenor)
2. Lament – Perish the day when I was born
Steven Soph (tenor)
3. Job's comforters – Behold! Happy is the man whom God correcteth
Steven Soph (tenor)
4. Where is wisdom? – Surely there is a vein for the silver
Tommy Watson (narrator)
5. The whirlwind – Then the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind
Tommy Watson (narrator), Timothy Leopold (trumpet), Ethan Haman (organ)
6. God speaks – Who is this whose ignorant words cloud my design?
Steven Soph (tenor)
7. Conclusion – And the Lord turned the captivity of Job
The Canticle of the Sun Op 123 – Amy Beach (1867-1944)
8. O Most High
9. Praised be my Lord for our Sister the Moon
Michaël Hudetz (tenor), Sandy Sharis (mezzo-soprano)
10. Praised be my Lord for our Brother Fire
11. Praised be my Lord for our Mother the Earth
12. Praised be my Lord for all those who pardon one another
Juliet Ariadne Papadopoulos (soprano)
13. Praised be my Lord for our Sister the Death of the Body
Juliet Ariadne Papadopoulos (soprano), Sandy Sharis (mezzo-soprano), Michaël Hudetz (tenor), Peter Schertz (baritone)
14. Praise ye and bless ye the Lord