SKU: MN.50-8834
UPC: 688670588341.
Plaintive blues solo passage leads to explosion of shout choruses and hard-driving gospel piano accompaniment. Fiery setting of energetic, uplifting African-American spiritual.
SKU: MN.56-0053
UPC: 688670220562. English.
Arranged for SATB choir, two keyboards, strings, and optional harp, with soprano, tenor (optional) and baritone soloists, this fresh and unorthodox interpretation reflects on the words of the Latin Mass by juxtaposing them with poems in English. A baritone solo on the English text begins the movement (Do not stand at my grave and weep…) and soon the choir enters to accompany the soloist chordally on the Lacrymosa, dies illa text. That’s the extent of the Latin used in this movement, and the baritone over choir setup continues until the end. Somber and reflective, the choir never sings above mezzo piano. Duration 3:03.
