Songs of Small Creatures and other American choral works

Christopher Bell, direction

• Released on 6/5/12 by Cedille
• Main artists: Grant Park Chorus Christopher Bell
• Genre: Choral Music (Choirs)

Digital booklet

Songs of Smaller Creatures (Abbie Betinis)

1 I. The Bees' Song

00:01:13

Grant Park Chorus, Choir - Christopher Bell, Conductor - Walt Whitman, Lyricist - Walter de la Mare, Lyricist - Abbie Betinis, Composer - Algernon Charles Swinburne, Lyricist

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2 II. A noiseless, patient spider

00:04:11

Grant Park Chorus, Choir - Christopher Bell, Conductor - Abbie Betinis, Composer - Algernon Charles Swinburne, Lyricist - Walt Whitman, Lyricist - Walter de la Mare, Lyricist

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3 III. Envoi

00:03:47

Grant Park Chorus, Choir - Christopher Bell, Conductor - Walter de la Mare, Lyricist - Abbie Betinis, Composer - Algernon Charles Swinburne, Lyricist - Walt Whitman, Lyricist

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Buzzings (Lee Kesselman)

4 No. 1, To make a prairie

00:01:35

Christopher Bell, Conductor - Grant Park Chorus, Choir - Emily Dickinson, Lyricist - Lee Kesselman, Composer

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5 No. 2, A Bee his burnished Carriage

00:01:07

Christopher Bell, Conductor - Grant Park Chorus, Choir - Emily Dickinson, Lyricist - Lee Kesselman, Composer

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6 No. 3, Bee! I'm expecting you!

00:01:34

Christopher Bell, Conductor - Grant Park Chorus, Choir - Emily Dickinson, Lyricist - Lee Kesselman, Composer

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When David Heard (Eric Whitacre)

7 When David Heard

00:11:50

Grant Park Chorus, Choir - Christopher Bell, Conductor - Bible - Old Testament, Lyricist - Eric Whitacre, Composer

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Sonnets of Desire, Longing, and Whimsy (Stacy Garrop)

8 No. 1, Now by This moon, before This moon shall wane

00:02:48

Christopher Bell, Conductor - Grant Park Chorus, Choir - Stacy Garrop, Composer - Edna St. Vincent Millay, Lyricist

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9 No. 2, Time does not bring relief; you all have lied

00:03:16

Christopher Bell, Conductor - Grant Park Chorus, Choir - Stacy Garrop, Composer - Edna St. Vincent Millay, Lyricist

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10 No. 3, I shall forget you presently, my dear

00:01:46

Christopher Bell, Conductor - Grant Park Chorus, Choir - Stacy Garrop, Composer - Edna St. Vincent Millay, Lyricist

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Final Alice (David Del Tredici)

11 Acrostic Song

00:04:53

Grant Park Chorus, Choir - Christopher Bell, Conductor - David Del Tredici, Composer - Lewis Carroll, Lyricist

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7 Motets for the Church Year (Ned Rorem)

12 No. 1, When all things were in quiet silence (Christmas)

00:01:55

Christopher Bell, Conductor - Grant Park Chorus, Choir - Ned Rorem, Composer

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13 No. 2, Before the morning star begotten (Epiphany)

00:01:00

Christopher Bell, Conductor - Grant Park Chorus, Choir - Ned Rorem, Composer

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14 No. 3, Lay up for yourselves (Ash Wednesday)

00:01:02

Christopher Bell, Conductor - Grant Park Chorus, Choir - Ned Rorem, Composer

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15 No. 4, Praise him who was crucified (Easter)

00:01:02

Christopher Bell, Conductor - Grant Park Chorus, Choir - Ned Rorem, Composer

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16 No. 5, God Is gone up (Ascension)

00:01:25

Christopher Bell, Conductor - Grant Park Chorus, Choir - Ned Rorem, Composer

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17 No. 6, Today the Holy Spirit appeared (Pentecost)

00:02:21

Christopher Bell, Conductor - Grant Park Chorus, Choir - Ned Rorem, Composer

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18 No. 7, Rejoice we all in the Lord (All Saints)

00:02:23

Christopher Bell, Conductor - Grant Park Chorus, Choir - Ned Rorem, Composer

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5 Romantic Miniatures (Paul Crabtree)

19 No. 1, Abe

00:01:40

Christopher Bell, Conductor - Grant Park Chorus, Choir - Paul Crabtree, Composer

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20 No. 2, Lisa

00:00:45

Christopher Bell, Conductor - Grant Park Chorus, Choir - Paul Crabtree, Composer

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21 No. 3, Homer

00:00:53

Christopher Bell, Conductor - Grant Park Chorus, Choir - Paul Crabtree, Composer

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22 No. 4, Marge

00:01:19

Christopher Bell, Conductor - Grant Park Chorus, Choir - Paul Crabtree, Composer

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23 No. 5, Homer

00:02:17

Christopher Bell, Conductor - Grant Park Chorus, Choir - Paul Crabtree, Composer

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Sleep (Eric Whitacre)

24 Sleep: Sleep (Live)

00:04:27

Christopher Bell, Conductor - Grant Park Chorus, Choir - Eric Whitacre, Composer - Charles Anthony Silvestri, Lyricist

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About the album

• 1 disc(s) - 24 track(s)
• Total length: 01:00:29
• 1 Digital booklet

• Main artists: Grant Park Chorus Christopher Bell
• Composer: Various Composers
• Label: Cedille
• Genre: Classical Vocal Music (Secular and Sacred) Choral Music (Choirs)
Available in
16-Bit/44.1 kHz Stereo

Digital booklet

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