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Cantaloupe Music

Lang: poor hymnal

Contemporary Spiritual Contemplative Dramatic Serene
$19.99

Details

Composer
David Lang
Artist
The Crossing
Format
CD
Label
Cantaloupe Music
Released
Feb 21, 2025
Catalog #
CA21205
UPC
713746320522

About

Like his Pulitzer-winning work the little match girl passion, David Lang's 'poor hymnal' tries to get to the core of what a religious experience can be. "What I love about hymnals," the composer writes in his liner notes to the CD, "is that they're a catalog of things a community of worshippers can agree on - a catalog that can be sung. And what the worshippers are singing about matters." 'poor hymnal' is a concert-length work written for the multiple GRAMMY Award-winning chamber choir The Crossing, conducted by Donald Nally. Lang constructed the text by stitching together lines, phrases and poignant utterances from sources as varied as the Old Testament, Mahatma Gandhi and Tolstoy - to name just a few. As Lang explains: "This piece is trying to say: The reason we are coming together is to remember how important we are to each other, and to remember how important it is that we take care of each other."

Tracklist 14 tracks

  1. 1 I saw a poor man 02:43
    Track
    1
    Title
    I saw a poor man
    Duration
    02:43
    Composer
    David Lang
    Ensemble
    The Crossing
    Conductor
    Donald Nally
  2. 2 open your hands (after deuteronomy 15) 03:14
    Track
    2
    Title
    open your hands (after deuteronomy 15)
    Duration
    03:14
    Composer
    David Lang
    Ensemble
    The Crossing
    Conductor
    Donald Nally
  3. 3 our hearts tell us (after psalm 27 and mahatma gandhi) 06:02
    Track
    3
    Title
    our hearts tell us (after psalm 27 and mahatma gandhi)
    Duration
    06:02
    Composer
    David Lang
    Ensemble
    The Crossing
    Conductor
    Donald Nally
  4. 4 all who are hungry (after the passover haggadah) 03:36
    Track
    4
    Title
    all who are hungry (after the passover haggadah)
    Duration
    03:36
    Composer
    David Lang
    Ensemble
    The Crossing
    Conductor
    Donald Nally
  5. 5 the least of us (after leviticus 19 and matthew 25) 03:51
    Track
    5
    Title
    the least of us (after leviticus 19 and matthew 25)
    Duration
    03:51
    Composer
    David Lang
    Ensemble
    The Crossing
    Conductor
    Donald Nally
  6. 6 I know I should (after h.a. walter) 03:57
    Track
    6
    Title
    I know I should (after h.a. walter)
    Duration
    03:57
    Composer
    David Lang
    Ensemble
    The Crossing
    Conductor
    Donald Nally
  7. 7 if you close your ear (after proverbs 21:13) 04:03
    Track
    7
    Title
    if you close your ear (after proverbs 21:13)
    Duration
    04:03
    Composer
    David Lang
    Ensemble
    The Crossing
    Conductor
    Donald Nally
  8. 8 prayer for kindness 03:18
    Track
    8
    Title
    prayer for kindness
    Duration
    03:18
    Composer
    David Lang
    Ensemble
    The Crossing
    Conductor
    Donald Nally
  9. 9 what is mine (after elizabeth warren, barack obama, and saint basil) 04:44
    Track
    9
    Title
    what is mine (after elizabeth warren, barack obama, and saint basil)
    Duration
    04:44
    Composer
    David Lang
    Ensemble
    The Crossing
    Conductor
    Donald Nally
  10. 10 take nothing with you (after luke 9:3) 03:30
    Track
    10
    Title
    take nothing with you (after luke 9:3)
    Duration
    03:30
    Composer
    David Lang
    Ensemble
    The Crossing
    Conductor
    Donald Nally
  11. 11 what remains (after the sayings of the fathers and matthew 6) 03:37
    Track
    11
    Title
    what remains (after the sayings of the fathers and matthew 6)
    Duration
    03:37
    Composer
    David Lang
    Ensemble
    The Crossing
    Conductor
    Donald Nally
  12. 12 things that never fail (after 1 corinthians 13) 04:07
    Track
    12
    Title
    things that never fail (after 1 corinthians 13)
    Duration
    04:07
    Composer
    David Lang
    Ensemble
    The Crossing
    Conductor
    Donald Nally
  13. 13 I saw a poor man - choral return 02:47
    Track
    13
    Title
    I saw a poor man - choral return
    Duration
    02:47
    Composer
    David Lang
    Ensemble
    The Crossing
    Conductor
    Donald Nally
  14. 14 wherever charity is (after tolstoy, after ubi caritas) 04:26
    Track
    14
    Title
    wherever charity is (after tolstoy, after ubi caritas)
    Duration
    04:26
    Composer
    David Lang
    Ensemble
    The Crossing
    Conductor
    Donald Nally