Chan Bartram Neer Cheah Derham - Persistence of Song - COMPACT DISCS [CD]

Composer Jonathan David has composed a wonderful group of songs, set to first-rate texts. The song texts include interesting topics; for example, the song Gitchee Gumee has a text inspired by the tragedy of the Edmund Fitzgerald, a freighter that sank in Lake Superior during a storm in 1975, killing all 29 crewmembers. Gordon Lightfood wrote and recorded a well-known song chronicling this tragedy. Jonathan David was raised in New York City and currently lives in Chapel Hill, NC. Jonathan's most recent commission was for At the Creche, a carol for the Asheville Gay Men's Chorus. He has also had works commissioned by the New York Treble Singers, Duke University, Marble Collegiate Church, Atlanta Young Singers, and the Manhattan Wind Ensemble, among others. His music has been performed throughout the US and Europe at such venues as Duke Chapel, the Palace of Westminster, and the Cathedral of Notre Dame-Paris. Jonathan served as Composer-in-Residence for The Greenwich Village Singers, and was a founding member of the pioneering new music chorus, C4. From 2005-2011 he was the Classical Editor for the internet music service, Napster. Jonathan's music is published by Oxford University Press, See-A-Dot Music, and Paraclete Press, and is also available through his website, www. Jonathandavidmusic. com Album Tracks 1. Azrael 2. Gitchee Gumee~I. Song of the Father 3. Gitchee Gumee~II. Song of the Crewman 4. Gitchee Gumee~III. Song of the Son 5. Hopkins Songs~I. Starlight Night 6. Hopkins Songs~II. Spring and Fall 7. Hopkins Songs~III. The Windhover 8. Hopkins Songs~IV. Binsey Poplars 9. Hopkins Songs~V. Pied Beauty 10. Two Kingsongs~I. King Duffus 11. Two Kingsongs~II. Ozymandias 12. Persistence of Song~I. Child in the Great Wood 13. Persistence of Song~II. Aubade - The City 14. Persistence of Song~III. The Persistence of Song 15. Persistence of