Arcangelo / Bush / Brown - Majestic Airs: Festive Music - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Album Tracks 1. Prelude Autumn 2. A New Dance 3. Lady Day 4. Nobody's Jig 5. The Mulberry Garden 6. Music for a Lovelorn Lenanshee 7. I 8. II 9. III 10. I 11. II 12. III 13. IV 14. V 15. VI 16. I 17. II 18. III 19. Montana Taylor's Blues 20. I 21. II 22. III 23. Arabesque 24. Little Missenden Calm 25. Vocalise

Album Tracks 1. Overture (Allegro, Lentement, Allegro 2. Overture (Largo, Allegro) 3. Overture 4. Overture 5. Overture 6. Overture 7. Overture 8. Overture 9. Overture 10. Overture 1. Overture 2. Overture 3. Roses from the South, Waltz Op. 388 4. Introduction Et Marche 5. Ouverture Miniature

Composer, conductor, scholar, and experimental musician Gregory W. Brown presents a collection of his vocal and choral works on the Navona Records Moonstrung Air, capturing the wonder of the human voice as our rooted connection with nature. Five Women Bathing in Moonlight depicts an idealized rendering of a seaside party scene by poet Richard Wilbur, evoking a dreamlike and timeless atmosphere. Entrai, Pastores, Entrai and Three American Folk Hymns - InchThe Dying Californian,Inch InchSweet Hour of Prayer,Inch and InchThe Morning TrumpetInch - are settings of traditional tunes that pay tribute to the original while drawing on Brown's extensive singing and conducting background. Imagery of the natural world and our gradual awareness of it's presence are primary themes in Vidi Aquam and Spring. Missa Charles Darwin is a setting of Darwin texts in the form of the Roman Catholic Mass featuring DNA from one of Darwin's finches translated into motivic material.