Garrop: Terra Nostra / Alltop, Uniting Voices, Northwestern University Choir & Orchestra
Details
- Composer
- Janis Kepitis
- Artist
- Alice Millar Chapel Cho
- Format
- CD
- Label
- Cedille
- Released
- Apr 22, 2024
- Catalog #
- CDR 227
- UPC
- 735131922722
About
In celebration of Earth Day, Cedille Records releases the world premiere recording of Stacy Garrop’s monumental oratorio Terra Nostra, “a spellbinding dive into the history of the planet” (Chicago Classical Review). Terra Nostra explores the relationship between humanity and Earth, and how humankind can re-establish a harmonious balance.
Stacy Garrop‘s music is characterized by its lyricism and vivid storytelling. She has been described by the Chicago Tribune as “one of Chicago’s most keenly sensitive composers” and praised by the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review for musicthat “excites the enthusiasm of performers and audiences alike,” while the Detroit Free Press remarks, “she has “asharp ear for instrumental color and narrative form: She can tell a story.” Declared an “oratorio that embraces the whole world” by the San Francisco Chronicle, Garrop’s tour de force is aninterconnected musical narrative presented in three parts: Creation of the World, The Rise of Humanity, and Searchingfor Balance. The multifarious text weaves together creation myths from India, North America, and Egypt, excerpts from the Bible’s Old Testament, classic poetry from Walt Whitman, Lord Byron, Lord Alfred Tennyson, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and contemporary writings by Esther Iverem and Wendell Berry, among others.
Terra Nostra is performed by soloists soprano Michelle Areyzaga, mezzo-soprano Leah Dexter, tenor Jesse Donner, and bass-baritone David Govertsen, the Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra & Chorale, Alice Millar Chapel Choir,
and Chicago’s Uniting Voices, all led by acclaimed conductor Stephen Alltop.
Tracklist 18 tracks
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1 Part I, "Creation of the World": In the Beginning (Chorus, Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, Tenor) 08:15
- Track
- 1
- Title
- Part I, "Creation of the World": In the Beginning (Chorus, Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano, Tenor)
- Duration
- 08:15
- Composer
- Stacy Garrop
- Performer
- Michelle Areyzaga, Leah Dexter, Jesse Donner
- Ensemble
- Alice Millar Chapel Choir, Northwestern University Chorale, Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Stephen Alltop
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2 Part I, "Creation of the World": God's World (Chorus) 03:56
- Track
- 2
- Title
- Part I, "Creation of the World": God's World (Chorus)
- Duration
- 03:56
- Composer
- Stacy Garrop
- Ensemble
- Alice Millar Chapel Choir, Northwestern University Chorale, Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Stephen Alltop
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3 Part I, "Creation of the World": On Thine Own Child (Children) 02:28
- Track
- 3
- Title
- Part I, "Creation of the World": On Thine Own Child (Children)
- Duration
- 02:28
- Composer
- Stacy Garrop
- Ensemble
- Uniting Voices, Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Stephen Alltop
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4 Part I, "Creation of the World": Smile O Voluptuous Cool-Breathed Earth! (Baritone) 04:16
- Track
- 4
- Title
- Part I, "Creation of the World": Smile O Voluptuous Cool-Breathed Earth! (Baritone)
- Duration
- 04:16
- Composer
- Stacy Garrop
- Performer
- David Govertsen
- Ensemble
- Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Stephen Alltop
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5 Part I, "Creation of the World": A Blade of Grass (Chorus, Children) 02:06
- Track
- 5
- Title
- Part I, "Creation of the World": A Blade of Grass (Chorus, Children)
- Duration
- 02:06
- Composer
- Stacy Garrop
- Ensemble
- Uniting Voices, Alice Millar Chapel Choir, Northwestern University Chorale, Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Stephen Alltop
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6 Part II, "The Rise of Humanity": Locksley Hall (Tenor, Chorus) 03:47
- Track
- 6
- Title
- Part II, "The Rise of Humanity": Locksley Hall (Tenor, Chorus)
- Duration
- 03:47
- Composer
- Stacy Garrop
- Performer
- Jesse Donner
- Ensemble
- Alice Millar Chapel Choir, Northwestern University Chorale, Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Stephen Alltop
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7 Part II, "The Rise of Humanity": Railways 1846 (Men of the Chorus) 01:49
- Track
- 7
- Title
- Part II, "The Rise of Humanity": Railways 1846 (Men of the Chorus)
- Duration
- 01:49
- Composer
- Stacy Garrop
- Ensemble
- Alice Millar Chapel Choir, Northwestern University Chorale, Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Stephen Alltop
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8 Part II, "The Rise of Humanity": A Song of Speed (Baritone, Chorus) 02:00
- Track
- 8
- Title
- Part II, "The Rise of Humanity": A Song of Speed (Baritone, Chorus)
- Duration
- 02:00
- Composer
- Stacy Garrop
- Performer
- David Govertsen
- Ensemble
- Alice Millar Chapel Choir, Northwestern University Chorale, Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Stephen Alltop
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9 Part II, "The Rise of Humanity": High Flight (Chorus) 02:52
- Track
- 9
- Title
- Part II, "The Rise of Humanity": High Flight (Chorus)
- Duration
- 02:52
- Composer
- Stacy Garrop
- Ensemble
- Alice Millar Chapel Choir, Northwestern University Chorale, Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Stephen Alltop
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10 Part II, "The Rise of Humanity": Binsey Poplars (Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano) 04:13
- Track
- 10
- Title
- Part II, "The Rise of Humanity": Binsey Poplars (Soprano, Mezzo-Soprano)
- Duration
- 04:13
- Composer
- Stacy Garrop
- Performer
- Michelle Areyzaga, Leah Dexter
- Ensemble
- Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Stephen Alltop
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11 Part III, "Searching for Balance": A Dirge (All) 03:53
- Track
- 11
- Title
- Part III, "Searching for Balance": A Dirge (All)
- Duration
- 03:53
- Composer
- Stacy Garrop
- Performer
- Michelle Areyzaga, Leah Dexter, David Govertsen, Jesse Donner
- Ensemble
- Alice Millar Chapel Choir, Northwestern University Chorale, Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Stephen Alltop
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12 Part III, "Searching for Balance": Darkness (Mezzo-Soprano, Women of the Chorus) 03:57
- Track
- 12
- Title
- Part III, "Searching for Balance": Darkness (Mezzo-Soprano, Women of the Chorus)
- Duration
- 03:57
- Composer
- Stacy Garrop
- Performer
- Leah Dexter
- Ensemble
- Alice Millar Chapel Choir, Northwestern University Chorale, Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Stephen Alltop
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13 Part III, "Searching for Balance": Earth Screaming (Tenor, Baritone) 04:32
- Track
- 13
- Title
- Part III, "Searching for Balance": Earth Screaming (Tenor, Baritone)
- Duration
- 04:32
- Composer
- Stacy Garrop
- Performer
- Jesse Donner, David Govertsen
- Ensemble
- Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Stephen Alltop
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14 Part III, "Searching for Balance": The World Is Too Much with Us (All) 02:54
- Track
- 14
- Title
- Part III, "Searching for Balance": The World Is Too Much with Us (All)
- Duration
- 02:54
- Composer
- Stacy Garrop
- Performer
- Michelle Areyzaga, Leah Dexter, Jesse Donner, David Govertsen
- Ensemble
- Alice Millar Chapel Choir, Northwestern University Chorale, Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Stephen Alltop
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15 Part III, "Searching for Balance": The Want of Peace (Chorus) 04:18
- Track
- 15
- Title
- Part III, "Searching for Balance": The Want of Peace (Chorus)
- Duration
- 04:18
- Composer
- Stacy Garrop
- Ensemble
- Alice Millar Chapel Choir, Northwestern University Chorale, Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Stephen Alltop
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16 Part III, "Searching for Balance": A Child Said, What Is the Grass? (Soprano) 02:59
- Track
- 16
- Title
- Part III, "Searching for Balance": A Child Said, What Is the Grass? (Soprano)
- Duration
- 02:59
- Composer
- Stacy Garrop
- Performer
- Michelle Areyzaga
- Ensemble
- Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Stephen Alltop
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17 Part III, "Searching for Balance": There Was a Child Went Forth Every Day (Children) 02:03
- Track
- 17
- Title
- Part III, "Searching for Balance": There Was a Child Went Forth Every Day (Children)
- Duration
- 02:03
- Composer
- Stacy Garrop
- Ensemble
- Uniting Voices, Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Stephen Alltop
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18 Part III, "Searching for Balance": A Blade of Grass - I Bequeath Myself (Chorus, Children, All) 05:20
- Track
- 18
- Title
- Part III, "Searching for Balance": A Blade of Grass - I Bequeath Myself (Chorus, Children, All)
- Duration
- 05:20
- Composer
- Stacy Garrop
- Performer
- Michelle Areyzaga, Leah Dexter, Jesse Donner, David Govertsen
- Ensemble
- Uniting Voices, Alice Millar Chapel Choir, Northwestern University Chorale, Northwestern University Symphony Orchestra
- Conductor
- Stephen Alltop