Black Pierrot / Crabb, Freund, University of Missouri University Singers, Mizzou New Music Ensemble

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Label
Centaur Records
Release Date
June 18, 2021
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    Featuring
    • COMPOSER
      VARIOUS
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Mizzou New Music Ensemble
    • PERFORMER
      University Of Missouri Singers, Crabb, Freund
    Product Details
    • RELEASE DATE
      June 18, 2021
    • UPC
      044747383828
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      CRC3838
    • LABEL
      Centaur Records
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
    Works
    1. Draw Up the Water from the Well

      Composer: James Clemens

      Ensemble: University of Missouri University Singers

      Conductor: R. Paul Crabb

    2. Peccavi super numerum

      Composer: Giaches de Wert

      Ensemble: University of Missouri University Singers

      Conductor: R. Paul Crabb

    3. Caedmon's Hymn

      Composer: Blake Wilson

      Ensemble: University of Missouri University Singers

      Conductor: R. Paul Crabb

    4. No. 1. De grandes cuillers de neige

      Composer: Francis Poulenc

      Ensemble: University of Missouri University Singers

      Conductor: R. Paul Crabb

    5. No. 2. La bonne neige

      Composer: Francis Poulenc

      Ensemble: University of Missouri University Singers

      Conductor: R. Paul Crabb

    6. No. 4. La nuit le froid la solitude

      Composer: Francis Poulenc

      Ensemble: University of Missouri University Singers

      Conductor: R. Paul Crabb

    7. Otche Nash (Our Father)

      Composer: Nikolai Semyonovich Golovanov

      Ensemble: University of Missouri University Singers

      Conductor: R. Paul Crabb

    8. Go Down, Moses

      Composer: Adolphus Hailstork

      Ensemble: University of Missouri University Singers

      Performer: Marques Jerrell Ruff

      Conductor: R. Paul Crabb

    9. No. 1. A Black Pierrot

      Composer: William Averitt

      Ensemble: University of Missouri University Singers, Mizzou New Music Ensemble

      Conductor: Stefan Freund

    10. No. 2. Breath of a Rose

      Composer: William Averitt

      Ensemble: University of Missouri University Singers, Mizzou New Music Ensemble

      Conductor: Stefan Freund

    11. No. 3. Jazzonia

      Composer: William Averitt

      Ensemble: University of Missouri University Singers, Mizzou New Music Ensemble

      Conductor: Stefan Freund

    12. No. 4. Justice

      Composer: William Averitt

      Ensemble: University of Missouri University Singers, Mizzou New Music Ensemble

      Conductor: Stefan Freund

    13. No. 5. Song for a Dark Girl

      Composer: William Averitt

      Ensemble: University of Missouri University Singers, Mizzou New Music Ensemble

      Performer: Mathena Claire Page

      Conductor: Stefan Freund

    14. No. 6. Silhouette

      Composer: William Averitt

      Ensemble: University of Missouri University Singers, Mizzou New Music Ensemble

      Conductor: Stefan Freund

    15. No. 7. To a Dead Friend

      Composer: William Averitt

      Ensemble: University of Missouri University Singers, Mizzou New Music Ensemble

      Performer: Mathena Claire Page

      Conductor: Stefan Freund


This is a program of great choral works, including one work from the 1500s, works from the 20th Century, and one work, Black Pierrot that was commissioned by R. Paul Crabb for the ensembles on this album. R. Paul Crabb, University of Missouri's Director of Choral Activities, earned degrees in Music Education, Vocal Performance and Choral Music Education. His ensembles have performed at state, regional and national conventions and have traveled extensively in Mexico, Germany, Austria, Italy, Hungary, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Russia, Bulgaria and Australia. Crabb served as assistant conductor at the Russian/American Choral Symposium for two years where his choir was invited as the resident American choir at the Moscow Conservatory. He served for one year as a visiting professor in Salzburg, Austria, where he taught and worked with the choir of the Salzburg Cathedral. He has taught conducting in Taiwan, eighteenth-century music in England, and studied sixteenth century polyphony in Italy with the renowned Peter Phillips. More recently he served as Guest Visiting Choral Professor at the Liszt Academy of Music in Budapest, Hungary - the first American selected for that position.