|
 WHEN MUSIC SOUNDS
William Brown, Artistic Director
Ruth Watson Henderson, Piano
Sample 1 When Music Sounds
by
Ruth Watson Henderson | Listen
Sample 2 Noël des enfants qui n'ont plus de
maisons
by
Claude Debussy | Listen
Sample 3 Barbara Allen by Ron Nelson | Listen
 Released in 2000, When
Music Sounds takes the listener on a journey of cultural diversity
through a repertoire of 23 songs for women's voices. We begin at home
with works by prominent Canadian Composers Ruth Watson Henderson,
Eleanor Daley, Ramona Leungen, and David MacIntyre, and then travel
musically to five other nations.
Track Listing
|
1 Come, Ye Makers of Song
|
Ruth Watson Henderson  |
2:43 |
|
2 When Music Sounds
|
Ruth
Watson Henderson |
3:23 |
|
3 Salve Regina
Lynn Janes, soprano
Susan Lewczynski, alto
|
Ramona Leungen |
6:11 |
|
4 Ave Maria
|
David
MacIntyre |
2:50 |
|
5 My Heart Soars
Gillian Howard, oboe
|
Ruth Watson Henderson |
3:00 |
|
6 Rise Up, My Love
|
Eleanor
Daley |
1:31 |
|
7 Psalm 100
|
Ruth Watson Henderson |
1:52 |
|
8 Noël des enfants
|
Claude
Debussy |
2:46 |
|
9 Tota Pulchra Es
Lynn Janes, soprano
|
Maurice Durufle |
1:57 |
|
10 The Lord Is My Shepherd
|
Franz
Schubert
|
5:11 |
|
11-13 Song of Survival
i) Bolero
ii) Largo
iii) Minuet
|
Maurice Ravel (arr. Norah Chambers)
Antonin Dvorak (arr. Margaret Dryburgh)
Ludwig van Beethoven (arr. Margaret Dryburgh) |
3:05
6:01
3:10 |
|
14 Reel à Bouche
Lynn Janes, soprano
|
arr.
Malcolm Dalglish |
2:41 |
|
15 Il est bel et bon
|
Pierre Passereau |
1:12 |
|
16 See the Gipsies
|
arr.
Zoltan
Kodaly
|
2:03 |
|
17-19 Three Maritime Songs
i) Johnny’s
Gone A-Sailing
ii) When I Was In
My Prime
iii) Nell
Flaherty’s Drake
Lynn Janes,
soprano
Gillian Howard,
oboe
|
Ruth Watson Henderson |
11:04
(2:04)
(4:49)
(4:11) |
|
20-22 Three Mountain Ballads
i)
He’s Gone Away
ii) Will He
Remember
iii) Barbara Allen
|
arr.
Ron Jeffers |
8:26
(2:52)
(2:27)
(3:07) |
|
23 A Jubilant Song
Lynn Janes, soprano
|
Norman Dello Joio |
6:39 |
| Total
Time |
|
77:20 |
| Canadian Composer |
|
|
About the Cover Artwork
Dvorak’s Largo by Rita Wenning, Artist.
This interpretation was created while spending three and a half years
in a Japanese internment camp.
ORIANA Women's Choir is grateful to Wem Wenning, son of Rita Wenning,
for special permission to use this painting.
ORIANA Women's Choir would also like to recognize Helen Colijn for
arranging for the use of this painting.
Purchase
the full length When Music Sounds CD
|
