PROJECT : ENCORE™: Chanukah

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A Country Boy in Winter

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Composer: 
Greg Bartholomew
Premiere Date: 
March 5, 2004
Composer Notes: 

"A Country Boy in Winter" by American poet Sarah Orne Jewett (1849-1909) appeared in Harper's Young People for January 24, 1882. This setting for men's chorus was completed in August 2001 and is dedicated to William Rust Bartholomew. The premiere performance took place at the 2004 Society of Composers National Conference.
The recording heard here is from the May 11, 2008, performance by the men of Coriolis, under the direction of Gregg Skalinder.
 

Psalm 98

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Composer: 
Barbara K. Wesby
Premiere Date: 
February 1, 2009
Composer Notes: 

In this work I try to give musical representations of joyful shouts and jubilant song, the vast calm of the sea, mystical murmurs by rivers and mountains, and human hope in the "strong right arm" of the King of the universe. I am a melodic composer, and I try to use a supporting harmonic language that is interesting and challenging to the performers, yet accessible and comprehensible to listeners.