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Lang: The National Anthems / Los Angeles Master Chorale, Calder String Quartet
Cantaloupe Music

Lang: The National Anthems / Los Angeles Master Chorale, Calder String Quartet

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Details

Composer
DAVID LANG
Artist
Gershon
Format
CD
Label
Cantaloupe Music
Released
Jun 24, 2016
Catalog #
CA21119
UPC
713746311926

About

“We group ourselves into nations,” David Lang writes in the program note, “but it has never really been clear to me what that means, or what we get out of it.” In 2014, he wrote The National Anthems, the featured work on Cantaloupe’s new release. The piece uses one line from each national anthem of the United Nations’ 193 countries.

Attempting to find a universal truth in the process of researching the anthems, he instead came to realize they resembled prayers for fleeting freedom rather than confidence in it. By the work's end, what remains sounds like it could be heard inside a church.

Also on the album is his Pulitzer Prize-winning The Little Match Girl Passion. After hearing from nations of people, the piece places similar prayers in the context of one person.

All together, the album has the feeling of clutching hands. Whether you believe in patriotism or not, it reminds us that everyone in the world holds onto something — whether it’s words, a melody or that which we hope is true.

– WQXR-FM (Elena Saavedra Buckley)

Tracklist 20 tracks

  1. 1 our land with peace 05:22
    Track
    1
    Title
    our land with peace
    Duration
    05:22
    Composer
    David Lang
    Ensemble
    Los Angeles Master Chorale, Calder Quartet
    Conductor
    Grant Gershon
  2. 2 our hearts are glowing 02:28
    Track
    2
    Title
    our hearts are glowing
    Duration
    02:28
    Composer
    David Lang
    Ensemble
    Los Angeles Master Chorale, Calder Quartet
    Conductor
    Grant Gershon
  3. 3 fame and glory 05:41
    Track
    3
    Title
    fame and glory
    Duration
    05:41
    Composer
    David Lang
    Ensemble
    Los Angeles Master Chorale, Calder Quartet
    Conductor
    Grant Gershon
  4. 4 keep us free 04:37
    Track
    4
    Title
    keep us free
    Duration
    04:37
    Composer
    David Lang
    Ensemble
    Los Angeles Master Chorale, Calder Quartet
    Conductor
    Grant Gershon
  5. 5 our common fate 04:53
    Track
    5
    Title
    our common fate
    Duration
    04:53
    Composer
    David Lang
    Ensemble
    Los Angeles Master Chorale, Calder Quartet
    Conductor
    Grant Gershon
  6. 6 Come, daughter 03:24
    Track
    6
    Title
    Come, daughter
    Duration
    03:24
    Composer
    David Lang
    Ensemble
    Los Angeles Master Chorale
    Conductor
    Grant Gershon
  7. 7 It was terribly cold 03:06
    Track
    7
    Title
    It was terribly cold
    Duration
    03:06
    Composer
    David Lang
    Ensemble
    Los Angeles Master Chorale
    Conductor
    Grant Gershon
  8. 8 Dearest heart 00:55
    Track
    8
    Title
    Dearest heart
    Duration
    00:55
    Composer
    David Lang
    Ensemble
    Los Angeles Master Chorale
    Conductor
    Grant Gershon
  9. 9 In an old apron 01:17
    Track
    9
    Title
    In an old apron
    Duration
    01:17
    Composer
    David Lang
    Ensemble
    Los Angeles Master Chorale
    Conductor
    Grant Gershon
  10. 10 Penance and remorse 01:35
    Track
    10
    Title
    Penance and remorse
    Duration
    01:35
    Composer
    David Lang
    Ensemble
    Los Angeles Master Chorale
    Conductor
    Grant Gershon
  11. 11 Lights were shining 01:26
    Track
    11
    Title
    Lights were shining
    Duration
    01:26
    Composer
    David Lang
    Ensemble
    Los Angeles Master Chorale
    Conductor
    Grant Gershon
  12. 12 Patience, patience! 00:31
    Track
    12
    Title
    Patience, patience!
    Duration
    00:31
    Composer
    David Lang
    Ensemble
    Los Angeles Master Chorale
    Conductor
    Grant Gershon
  13. 13 Ah! perhaps 02:02
    Track
    13
    Title
    Ah! perhaps
    Duration
    02:02
    Composer
    David Lang
    Ensemble
    Los Angeles Master Chorale
    Conductor
    Grant Gershon
  14. 14 Have mercy, my God 04:31
    Track
    14
    Title
    Have mercy, my God
    Duration
    04:31
    Composer
    David Lang
    Ensemble
    Los Angeles Master Chorale
    Conductor
    Grant Gershon
  15. 15 She lighted another match 01:23
    Track
    15
    Title
    She lighted another match
    Duration
    01:23
    Composer
    David Lang
    Ensemble
    Los Angeles Master Chorale
    Conductor
    Grant Gershon
  16. 16 From the sixth hour 02:24
    Track
    16
    Title
    From the sixth hour
    Duration
    02:24
    Composer
    David Lang
    Ensemble
    Los Angeles Master Chorale
    Conductor
    Grant Gershon
  17. 17 She again rubbed a match 01:38
    Track
    17
    Title
    She again rubbed a match
    Duration
    01:38
    Composer
    David Lang
    Ensemble
    Los Angeles Master Chorale
    Conductor
    Grant Gershon
  18. 18 When it is time for me to go 02:39
    Track
    18
    Title
    When it is time for me to go
    Duration
    02:39
    Composer
    David Lang
    Ensemble
    Los Angeles Master Chorale
    Conductor
    Grant Gershon
  19. 19 In the dawn of morning 02:45
    Track
    19
    Title
    In the dawn of morning
    Duration
    02:45
    Composer
    David Lang
    Ensemble
    Los Angeles Master Chorale
    Conductor
    Grant Gershon
  20. 20 We sit and cry 03:22
    Track
    20
    Title
    We sit and cry
    Duration
    03:22
    Composer
    David Lang
    Ensemble
    Los Angeles Master Chorale
    Conductor
    Grant Gershon