American Songfest
Track Listings
| 1. Opening Hymn: To the Poem | ||
| 2. Hymn | ||
| 3. Peaks | ||
| 4. The Light That is Felt | ||
| 5. God Bless and Keep Thee | ||
| 6. Flute prelude | ||
| 7. Steal Away | ||
| 8. Flute interlude | ||
| 9. Nobody Knows | ||
| 10. Flute and recorder interlude | ||
| 11. Deep River | ||
| 12. Flute postlude | ||
| 13. Sure on This Shining Night | ||
| 14. Pas de Deux | ||
| 15. Under the Willow Tree | ||
| 16. Medley from "Porgy and Bess" | ||
| 17. Vocalise | ||
| 18. Long Time Ago | ||
| 19. Piano Blues | ||
| 20. The Promise of Living |
Editorial Reviews Also featured are works by Michael Tippett, Samuel Barber and George Gershwin. English composer Michael Tippett's settings of three spirituals are surrounded by flute and recorder improvisations in a folk medium. "American Songfest" represents the first American Boychoir CD to be released under the direction of the choir's new Music Director, Vincent Metallo. John Charles Schucker is the accompanist throughout.
Album Description
This album offers a musical overview of the landmark achivements of American composers through the course of the twentieth century. Beginning with Charles Ives it straddles the world of nineteenth-century high romanticism and a fresh voice of the early 1900s while other composers represented, such as Aaron Copland and Leonard Bernstein, span nearly the whole of the twentieth century.
American Songfest, Music, various American composers, Vincent Metallo, The American Boychoir, A musical overview of the landmark achievements of some of the most signifcant American composers of the 20th century featuring the breathtaking sound of this remarkable boy choir.
Music Review:
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