1. |
The Spheres
05:18
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Composer: Ola Gjeilo
Lyrics:
Kyrie Eleison.
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2. |
Sleep
05:16
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Composer: Eric Whitacre
Lyrics:
The evening hangs beneath the moon
A silver thread on darkened dune
With closing eyes and resting head
I know that sleep is coming soon
Upon my pillow safe in bed
A thousand pictures fill my head
I cannot sleep, my mind's aflight
And yet my limbs seem made of lead
If there are noises in the night
A frightening shadow
Flickering light
Then I surrender unto sleep
Where clouds of dream give second sight
What dreams may come, dark and deep
Of flying wings and soaring leap?
As I surrender unto sleep
As I surrender unto sleep
As I surrender unto sleep
Sleep
Sleep
Sleep
Sleep
Sleep
Sleep
Sleep
Sleep
Sleep
Sleep
Sleep
Sleep
Sleep
Sleep
Sleep
Sleep
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3. |
Nox Aurumque
05:50
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Composer: Eric Whitacre
Lyrics:
Aurum, (Gold)
Infuscatum noctis, (Tarnished and dark)
Canens noctis, (Singing of night)
Canens mortis, (Singing of death)
Acquiscens canendo... (Singing itself to sleep...)
Et angelum somnit aurorarum et bellorum, (And an angel dreams of dawnings and of war)
Saecluorum aurorum fund it lacrimas, (She weeps tears of the golden times)
Lacras rerun bellorum. (Tears of the cost of war.)
O arma! (O Shield)
O Lamina Aurata! (O gilded blade)
Gestu graves nimium, (You are to heavy to carry)
Graves nimium volatu. (Too heavy for flight)
Aurum, (Gold)
Imfuscatum et torpidum (Tarnished and weary)
Suscita! (Awaken)
Dilabere ex armis in alam! (Melt from weapon into wing)
Volemus iterum, (Let us soar again)
Alte supra murum; (High above this wall)
Angeli renascentes et exultantes ad alas (Angels reborn and rejoicing)
Auroraraum, (Of dawn)
Aurorum, (Of gold)
Somnorum. (Of dream)
Aurum, (Gold)
Canens alarum, (Singing of wings)
Canens umbrarum... (Singing of shadows.)
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4. |
Angelis suis Deus
03:02
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Composer: Vytautas Miskinis
Lyrics:
Angelis suis Deus mandavit te,
ut custodiant te in omnibus viis tuis;
in manibus portabunt te,
ne unquam offendas
ad lapidem pedem tuum.
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5. |
Mosella
02:19
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Composer: William Hawley
Lyrics:
Quis color ille vadis, seras cum propulit umbras
Hesperus et viridi perfudit monte Mosellam!
tota natant crispis iuga motibus et tremit absens
pampinus et vitreis vindemia turget in undis.
Ausonius (310 - 395 A.D.)
What color that shoal, with the late shadows banished by
Hesperus, and verdure filling the hills of the Moselle!
Everything floats, rippling together in motion, as the distant
vine-leaf trembles, and the grape swells in the glittering water.
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6. |
Te Vigilans
02:21
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Composer: William Hawley
Lyrics:
Te vigilans oculis, animo te nocte requiro,
victa iacent solo cum mea membra toro.
vidi ego me tecum falsa sub imagine somni:
somnia tu vinces, si mihi vera venis.
Petronius Arbiter (20? - 66 A.D.)
My eyes watch for you, by night my soul desires you,
alone and overcome, my limbs tossing in bed.
I have seen myself with you, in the imagination of sleep:
in dreams you appear... if only you would truly come to me.
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7. |
Exhortation and Kohima
05:14
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Composer: John Tavener
Lyrics:
They shall grow not old,
as we that are left grow old:
Age shall not weary them,
nor the years condemn.
At the going down of the sun
and in the morning
we will remember them.
When you go home,
tell them of us and say:
For your tomorrow,
we gave our today.
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8. |
Tonight Eternity Alone
03:31
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Composer: René Clausen
Solo: Francoise Kably and Nicolet Goedhart
Tonight eternity alone sets a modified verse of the poem ‘Dusk at Sea’ by Thomas S Jones in the composer’s trademark neo-romantic language, and captures a feeling of contented solitude in a vast empty space.
Lyrics:
Tonight eternity alone is near,
the sunset, and the darkening blue,
there is no space for fear,
only the wonder of its truth.
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9. |
Alleluia
08:33
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Composer: Eric Whiacre
Solo: Francoise Kably and Nicolet Goedhart
Lyrics:
Alleluia
Alleluia
Alleluia
Alleluia
Alleluia
Alleluia
Alleluia
Alleluia
Alleluia
Alleluia
Alleluia
Alleluia
Alleluia
Alleluia
Alleluia
Alleluia
Alleluia
Alleluia
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10. |
When David Heard
13:01
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Composer: Eric Whitacre
Note from the composer:
Dr. Ronald Staheli, more than any other conductor I have ever worked with, understands my music. He is that rare musician who discovers more music in the music than the composer even realized was there. So when I received the Barlow Commission to write a work for his amazing choir, I knew it had to be something special. The previous year Ron had recorded my Water Night, and his recording is, in my opinion, the quintessential performance of that piece. He seemed to find such powerful beauty in the rests, empty moments that became electric in his hands, so as I set out to write When David Heard I decided that my first and most principal musical motive would be silence.
The text, one single, devastating sentence, is from the King James Bible; II Samuel, 18:33:
When David heard that Absalom was slain he went up into his chamber over the gate and wept, my son, my son, O Absalom my son, would God I had died for thee!
Setting this text was such a lonely experience, and even now just writing these words I am moved to tears. I wrote maybe 200 pages of sketches, trying to find the perfect balance between sound and silence, always simplifying, and by the time I finished a year later I was profoundly changed. Older, I think, and quieted a little. I still have a hard time listening to the recording.
When David Heard was commissioned by the Barlow Endowment for the Arts for the Brigham Young Singers, and is dedicated with love and silence to Dr. Ronald Staheli.
When David Heard received its premiere on March 26, 1999.
Lyrics:
When David heard that Absalom was slain
He went up into his chamber over the gate and wept
And thus he said;
My son, my son
O Absalom my son
Would God I had died for thee!
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Chamber Choir Kwintessens The Hague, Netherlands
Chamber Choir Kwintessens was founded in the Netherlands in 2005. Settled in The Hague, the Dutch Choir consists of 24
passionated singers. Committed to mostly contemporary music the choir has collected a large repertoire, serving its audience with more then only beautiful music. The choir stands out for creating an experience that touches the soul.
Founder & conductor: Raoul Boesten
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