Abstract
"These 25 compositions were commissioned for the 25th anniversary of the New York Virtuoso Singers and given their world premieres in a pair of concerts at Merkin Concert Hall, NYC. The pieces on CD 1 were performed on October 21, 2012 and the pieces on CD 2 were performed on March 3, 2013"
CD 1. Alphabet II / David Del Tredici (2:23) -- Say thou dost love me / Steven Stucky (4:58) -- Cornstalks / Fred Lerdahl (2:38) -- The pool / John Harbison (2:08) -- Obedient choir of emotions / Bruce Adolphe (5:52) -- The humble shall inherit the earth : (Psalm 37) / Shulamit Ran (5:35) -- Audistis quia dictum est / Stephen Hartke (3:19) -- Let's reach a new height / Chen Yi (2:46) -- A dream within a dream / George Tsontakis (3:24) -- Upon Julia's clothes / John Corigliano (1:04) -- The prayer / Jennifer Higdon (1:55) -- Save me, O God / Yehudi Wyner (5:31).
CD 2. Why was Cupid a boy? / William Bolcom (1:26) -- Starlight / Thea Musgrave (2:01) -- Smoke / Joseph Schwantner (5:24) -- Nomina sunt consequentia rerum / David Felder (3:33) -- the same train / David Lang (3:22) -- Descending / Joan Tower (6:35) -- SPELLS / Augusta Read Thomas (3:37) -- Memorial / Ellen Taaffe Zwilich (5:10) -- The devil's game / Richard Wernick (3:12) -- Lux aeterna / Richard Danielpour (2:42) -- Here / Mark Adamo (2:41) -- Song to Celia / Roger Davidson (2:31) -- Song of you / Aaron Jay Kernis (4:33).
Recorded January 2013 at the American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, NY (CD 1) and March 2013 at Merkin Concert Hall, New York, NY (CD 2).