Chilcott: Circlesong

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Circlesong is a choral work packed full of fun, with vibrant, dynamic sections alongside more reflective, ethereal moments. Placed alongside a series of shorter pieces by the contemporary composer... — BBC Music Magazine, February 2022, 4 out of 5 stars More…

Release Date: 21st Jan 2022
Catalogue No: SIGCD703
Label: Signum
Length: 55 minutes

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Chilcott: Circlesong

Work length41:02

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Ella Theurer, Andreea Muţ, Jessica Myers, Richard Brown, Mark Stein, Leonardo Soto, Matt Richards
Houston Chamber Choir, Treble Choir of Houston
Robert Simpson

Introduction: Beauty Before Me / We Wait In Darkness

Track length5:00

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Part I, Birth: Song for Bringing a Child into the World

Track length3:24

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Part I, Birth: Newborn

Track length2:31

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Part II, Childhood: Yaqui Song

Track length1:03

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Part II, Childhood: A Child's Song

Track length0:49

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Part II, Childhood: Give Me Strength

Track length3:18

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Part III, Lover: Chinook Songs

Track length1:20

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Part III, Lover: Over the Wave

Track length2:35

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Part IV, Adulthood: Summer Song

Track length2:30

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Part V, Middle Age: O Great Spirit

Track length6:25

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Part VI, Old Age: In the House Made of Dawn

Track length5:08

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Part VII, Death: Farewell, My Brother

Track length1:46

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Part VII, Death: The Sun’s Beams are Running Out / We Wait in the Darkness

Track length5:13

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Chilcott: Like a Rainbow

Work length3:50

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Andreea Muţ, Marianna Parnas-Simpson
Treble Choir of Houston, Houston Chamber Choir
Robert Simpson

Chilcott: All Things Pass

Work length4:19

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Andreea Muţ, Marianna Parnas-Simpson
Treble Choir of Houston, Houston Chamber Choir
Robert Simpson

Chilcott: Circles of Motion

Work length2:44

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Andreea Muţ, Marianna Parnas-Simpson
Treble Choir of Houston, Houston Chamber Choir
Robert Simpson

Chilcott: Walking the Red Road

Work length3:46

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Andreea Muţ
Houston Chamber Choir, Treble Choir of Houston
Robert Simpson

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A work filled with ambition, ‘Circlesong’ is a musical portrayal of the human life cycle as captured in the indigenous poetry of North America.

Based on poetry from the Chinook, Comanche, Dakota, Eskimo, Iroquois, Kwakiutl, Navajo, Ojibwa, Pueblo, Seminole, Sioux and Yaqui traditions, the thirteen movements, in seven parts, mark the different stages of life, from birth and childhood to adulthood, middle age and death.

With energetic percussion accompaniment, climactic moments for tutti choir, tender unaccompanied passages and solo song, ‘Circlesong’ is a work of impressive drama, variety and depth, performed here by the GRAMMY Award winning Houston Chamber Choir under Robert Simpson.

Founded in 1995 by Artistic Director Robert Simpson, the Houston Chamber Choir received the 2019 GRAMMY for Best Choral Performance for its recording of the complete works of Maurice Duruflé (also available from Signum). Other honours include Chorus America’s Margaret Hillis Award for Choral Excellence and the American Prize, Professional Choir Division.

Dubbed by Jamie Bernstein as “the choral equivalent of the Harlem Globetrotters,” the Houston Chamber Choir is as comfortable singing jazz with Christian McBride and Dave Brubeck as performing Morton Feldman’s Rothko Chapel with violist Kim Kashkashian, and Mass Observation by Tarik O’Regan.

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February 2022

Circlesong is a choral work packed full of fun, with vibrant, dynamic sections alongside more reflective, ethereal moments. Placed alongside a series of shorter pieces by the contemporary composer here, there’s plenty to enjoy.

Sep/Oct 2022

The Treble Choir of Houston has a bright, vibrant sound, and they sing with enthusiasm, good intonation, and a fine sense of rhythm. The contributions made by both pianists as well as the three percussionists are flawless. This is an excellent disc of highly approachable new music, excellently performed, and it deserves to be very successful.

February 2022

As with much of Chilcott’s work, the writing for voices is exquisitely handled, equally satisfying for both singer and listener...a stimulating and highly enjoyable hour’s music.

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