Composer, conductor, scholar, and experimental musician Gregory W. Brown presents a collection of his vocal and choral works on the Navona Records release Moonstrung Air, capturing the wonder of the human voice as our rooted connection with nature. Five Women Bathing in Moonlight depicts an idealized rendering of a seaside party scene by poet Richard Wilbur, evoking a dreamlike and timeless atmosphere. Entrai, Pastores, Entrai and Three American Folk Hymns - "The Dying Californian," "Sweet Hour of Prayer," and "The Morning Trumpet" - are settings of traditional tunes that pay tribute to the original while drawing on Brown's extensive singing and conducting background. Imagery of the natural world and our gradual awareness of it's presence are primary themes in Vidi Aquam and Spring. Missa Charles Darwin is a setting of Darwin texts in the form of the Roman Catholic Mass featuring DNA from one of Darwin's finches translated into motivic material.

Tracklist:

5 Women Bathing In Moonlight
Vidi Aquam: To Stir Up Our Wits
Vidi Aquam: Observing Nature
Vidi Aquam: Asking Of Nature
Spring
Missa Charles Darwin: Introitus. Tropus Ad Kyrie
Missa Charles Darwin: Gloria
Missa Charles Darwin: Alleluia
Missa Charles Darwin: Credo
Missa Charles Darwin: Sanctus
Missa Charles Darwin: Agnus Dei
Entrai, Pastores, Entrai
The Dying Californian
3 American Folk Hymns: Sweet Hour Of Prayer
3 American Folk Hymns: The Morning Trumpet

UPC: 896931001892
Label: Navona
Release Date: 2.10.15
Format: CD

Brown / Crossing / Nally - Moonstrung Air (CD)