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Bryars: A Native Hill / Nally, The Crossing
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Bryars: A Native Hill / Nally, The Crossing

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Details

Composer
BRYARS, GAVIN
Artist
The Crossing, Nally
Format
CD
Label
Navona
Released
Jun 25, 2021
Catalog #
NV6347
UPC
896931006477

About

Navona Records presents A NATIVE HILL from Philadelphia’s professional chamber choir, The Crossing. This monumental unaccompanied work is the result of a collaboration with composer Gavin Bryars, whose previous work for The Crossing won them their first of two recent Grammy awards. With intimate knowledge of the individual voices and art of each singer, Bryars composed A NATIVE HILL to capitalize on the group’s unique sound, personality, and esprit de corps. A NATIVE HILL is based on American author and environmentalist Wendell Berry’s 1968 essay of the same name, which examines bucolic elements of rural life, suffused with deeper metaphysical and political implications. The new album is full of rich, complex vocal textures, dense chromatic clusters, and moments of profound simplicity, offering an opportunity to reflect on life’s timeless questions.

Tracklist 12 tracks

  1. 1 No. 1. The Sense of the Past 06:40
    Track
    1
    Title
    No. 1. The Sense of the Past
    Duration
    06:40
    Composer
    Gavin Bryars
    Performer
    John Grecia
    Ensemble
    The Crossing
    Conductor
    Donald Nally
  2. 2 No. 2. The Path 04:44
    Track
    2
    Title
    No. 2. The Path
    Duration
    04:44
    Composer
    Gavin Bryars
    Performer
    John Grecia
    Ensemble
    The Crossing
    Conductor
    Donald Nally
  3. 3 No. 3. Sea Level 05:08
    Track
    3
    Title
    No. 3. Sea Level
    Duration
    05:08
    Composer
    Gavin Bryars
    Performer
    John Grecia
    Ensemble
    The Crossing
    Conductor
    Donald Nally
  4. 4 No. 4. The Pool 03:18
    Track
    4
    Title
    No. 4. The Pool
    Duration
    03:18
    Composer
    Gavin Bryars
    Performer
    Steven Bradshaw, Daniel Taylor, John Grecia
    Ensemble
    The Crossing
    Conductor
    Donald Nally
  5. 5 No. 5. The Road 08:15
    Track
    5
    Title
    No. 5. The Road
    Duration
    08:15
    Composer
    Gavin Bryars
    Performer
    John Grecia
    Ensemble
    The Crossing
    Conductor
    Donald Nally
  6. 6 No. 6. The Music of Streams 08:21
    Track
    6
    Title
    No. 6. The Music of Streams
    Duration
    08:21
    Composer
    Gavin Bryars
    Performer
    John Grecia
    Ensemble
    The Crossing
    Conductor
    Donald Nally
  7. 7 No. 7. Questions 05:15
    Track
    7
    Title
    No. 7. Questions
    Duration
    05:15
    Composer
    Gavin Bryars
    Performer
    John Grecia
    Ensemble
    The Crossing
    Conductor
    Donald Nally
  8. 8 No. 8. Top Soil 04:27
    Track
    8
    Title
    No. 8. Top Soil
    Duration
    04:27
    Composer
    Gavin Bryars
    Performer
    John Grecia
    Ensemble
    The Crossing
    Conductor
    Donald Nally
  9. 9 No. 9. The Hill 03:36
    Track
    9
    Title
    No. 9. The Hill
    Duration
    03:36
    Composer
    Gavin Bryars
    Performer
    John Grecia
    Ensemble
    The Crossing
    Conductor
    Donald Nally
  10. 10 No. 10. Animals and Birds 04:15
    Track
    10
    Title
    No. 10. Animals and Birds
    Duration
    04:15
    Composer
    Gavin Bryars
    Performer
    John Grecia
    Ensemble
    The Crossing
    Conductor
    Donald Nally
  11. 11 No. 11. Shadow 05:02
    Track
    11
    Title
    No. 11. Shadow
    Duration
    05:02
    Composer
    Gavin Bryars
    Performer
    Maren Montalbano, Steven Bradshaw, John Grecia
    Ensemble
    The Crossing
    Conductor
    Donald Nally
  12. 12 No. 12. At Peace 09:36
    Track
    12
    Title
    No. 12. At Peace
    Duration
    09:36
    Composer
    Gavin Bryars
    Performer
    John Grecia
    Ensemble
    The Crossing
    Conductor
    Donald Nally