Alec Roth's new oratorio, A Time to Dance, is a celebration of times and seasons. Jeffrey Skidmore and Ex Cathedra, who gave the premiÃ¨re of the work in 2012, recreate the sheer exuberance of that live performance on this recording. The oratorio is paired with Roth's Magnificat and Nunc dimittis (Hatfield Service) and Men & Angels, a clever setting of John Donne's Antiphon "Praised be the God of love."

Tracklist:

Processional, 'Times and Seasons'
Prologue, 'Sunrise'
Awake
Infant Joy
Dancing on the Hill-Tops
Dance There
Nothing Is So Beautiful
Let Them Love
In Summer's Heat
A Something
Thirsty Fly
Little Fly
Come, Let Us Go
Give All to Love
O Autumn
Humdrum
Autumnal
Fall, Leaves, Fall
The Evening Star
Deep Midnight
Snowflakes
Dregs
A Glee for Winter
Lights Out
Epilogue, 'Sunrise'
After-Dance, 'Proper Exercise'
Magnificat
Nunc Dimittis
Men and Angels

UPC: 034571281445
Label: Hyperion
Release Date: 2.5.16
Format: CD

A Roth / Skidmore,Jeffrey - Time to Dance (CD)