This album brings together a remarkable collectionof secular choral works by the eminent Americancomposer Dan Locklair, celebrated for his gift of weavingwords with rich, expansive, harmonious and lyrical music.Drawing on texts by poets as diverse as Robert Frost,Walt Whitman, W.B. Yeats, Phillis Wheatley,Christine Teale Howes, John Gillespie Magee, Jr.and Rabindranath Tagore, these pieces explore themesof love and loss, nature and freedom, moments of intimatereflection and events of world-shaking resonance, alwayswith a voice that is deeply rooted in American culture.Spanning more than three decades, the works rangefrom intimate unaccompanied choral partsongs toexpansive cantatas, all commissioned by a range ofensembles, youth choirs and choral societies.

Tracklist:

Sing to the World-I. That Music Always Round Me
Sing to the World-II. the Singers
Sing to the World-III. An Hymn to the Morning
Sing to the World-IV. Master of Music
Sing to the World-V. the Musical Ass
For This Is Love
Bond and Free
Lilacs Bloomed-I. "... I Mourned"
Lilacs Bloomed-II. "... Fallen Star"
Lilacs Bloomed-III. "... a Miracle"
For Amber Waves
Tapestries
Cloths of Heaven
Changing Perceptions ; Epitaph-I. What Do We Know About Life
Changing Perceptions ; Epitaph-II. A.M.H
Changing Perceptions ; Epitaph-III. Grief Poem
Changing Perceptions ; Epitaph-IV. High Flight
Changing Perceptions ; Epitaph-V. Like the River That Passes Away
Epitaph

UPC: 726436300131
Label: Convivium Records
Release Date: 1.2.26
Format: CD

Iain Farrington - Dan Locklair: Sing To The World (CD)