Contemporary music needn't sacrifice order and aesthetic appeal, even when it deals with complex issues. A glowing example of this is BORN: THE MUSIC OF EDIE HILL AND MICHAEL GILBERTSON, with conductor Donald Nally leading GRAMMY-winning professional chamber choir The Crossing on a breathtakingly beautiful expedition into themes of extinctions, relationships and their complexities, loss, and love. Throughout this splendid amalgamation of Hill's and Gilbertson's ethereal, energetic, raw, and impactful compositions, the nuance of Nally's conducting, and The Crossing's superb expressiveness are ever-present. Singing that is transcendent and authentic.

Tracklist:

Born
Spectral Spirits: I. Prelude. These Birds
Spectral Spirits: II. Eyewitness. Henry David Thoreau And The Passenger Pigeon
Spectral Spirits: III. The Naming
Spectral Spirits: IV. Passenger Pigeon
Spectral Spirits: V. Eyewitness. Gert Goebel And The Paroquets
Spectral Spirits: VI. The Naming
Spectral Spirits: VII. Carolina Parakeet
Spectral Spirits: VIII. Eyewitness. Lucien M. Turner And The Migration Of The Curlews
Spectral Spirits: IX. The Naming
Spectral Spirits: X. Eskimo Curlew
Spectral Spirits: XI. Eyewitness. Mr. Wilson And The Ivory-Bill
Spectral Spirits: XII. The Naming
Spectral Spirits: XIII. Ivory-Billed Woodpecker
Returning, Pt. 1: What Knits Us
Returning, Pt. 2: I Thought Of Staying Quiet

UPC: 896931007498
Label: Navona
Release Date: 8.12.22
Format: CD

Gilbertson / Crossing - Born (CD)