Sheehan: A Christmas Carol / Walker, Skylark Vocal Ensemble

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Label
Sono Luminus
Release Date
September 23, 2022
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Benedict Sheehan
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Skylark Vocal Ensemble
    • PERFORMER
      Sarah Walker
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      September 23, 2022
    • UPC
      053479226204
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      DSL-92262
    • LABEL
      Sono Luminus
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. Stave I: Marley's Ghost: The Truth from Above

      Composer: Benedict Sheehan

      Ensemble: Skylark Vocal Ensemble

      Conductor: Matthew Guard

    2. Stave I: Marley's Ghost: In the Counting House

      Composer: Benedict Sheehan

      Ensemble: Skylark Vocal Ensemble

      Conductor: Matthew Guard

    3. Stave I: Marley's Ghost: Surplus Population

      Composer: Benedict Sheehan

      Ensemble: Skylark Vocal Ensemble

      Conductor: Matthew Guard

    4. Stave I: Marley's Ghost: God Rest You Merry

      Composer: Benedict Sheehan

      Ensemble: Skylark Vocal Ensemble

      Conductor: Matthew Guard

    5. Stave I: Marley's Ghost: Marley's Ghost

      Composer: Benedict Sheehan

      Performer: Sarah Walker

    6. Stave I: Marley's Ghost: Mankind was my Business

      Composer: Benedict Sheehan

      Performer: Sarah Walker

    7. Stave I: Marley's Ghost: Remember

      Composer: Benedict Sheehan

      Ensemble: Skylark Vocal Ensemble

      Conductor: Matthew Guard

    8. Stave II: The First of the Three Spirits: The Ghost of Christmas Past

      Composer: Benedict Sheehan

      Ensemble: Skylark Vocal Ensemble

      Conductor: Matthew Guard

    9. Stave II: The First of the Three Spirits: Little Fan

      Composer: Benedict Sheehan

      Performer: Sarah Walker

    10. Stave II: The First of the Three Spirits: Sussex Carol

      Composer: Benedict Sheehan

      Ensemble: Skylark Vocal Ensemble

      Conductor: Matthew Guard

    11. Stave II: The First of the Three Spirits: Fezziwig's Ball

      Composer: Benedict Sheehan

      Ensemble: Skylark Vocal Ensemble

      Conductor: Matthew Guard

    12. Stave II: The First of the Three Spirits: Gain is Loss

      Composer: Benedict Sheehan

      Performer: Sarah Walker

    13. Stave III: The Ghost of Christmas Present

      Composer: Benedict Sheehan

      Ensemble: Skylark Vocal Ensemble

      Conductor: Matthew Guard

    14. Stave III: The Second of the Three Spirits: Not a Handsome Family - Silent Night

      Composer: Benedict Sheehan

      Ensemble: Skylark Vocal Ensemble

      Conductor: Matthew Guard

    15. Stave III: The Second of the Three Spirits: A Child Himself

      Composer: Benedict Sheehan

      Performer: Sarah Walker

    16. Stave III: The Second of the Three Spirits: Deck the Halls

      Composer: Benedict Sheehan

      Ensemble: Skylark Vocal Ensemble

      Conductor: Matthew Guard

    17. Stave III: The Second of the Three Spirits: The Bell Struck Twelve

      Composer: Benedict Sheehan

      Performer: Sarah Walker

    18. Stave III: The Second of the Three Spirits: Ghost of the Future

      Composer: Benedict Sheehan

      Performer: Sarah Walker

    19. Stave IV: The Last of the Spirits: The Body of a Man

      Composer: Benedict Sheehan

      Performer: Sarah Walker

    20. Stave IV: The Last of the Spirits: My Little Child

      Composer: Benedict Sheehan

      Ensemble: Skylark Vocal Ensemble

      Conductor: Matthew Guard

    21. Stave IV: The Last of the Spirits: Coventry Carol

      Composer: Benedict Sheehan

      Ensemble: Skylark Vocal Ensemble

      Conductor: Matthew Guard

    22. Stave IV: The Last of the Spirits: The Spirits of All Three

      Composer: Benedict Sheehan

      Performer: Sarah Walker

    23. Stave IV: The Last of the Spirits: Poverty

      Composer: Benedict Sheehan

      Ensemble: Skylark Vocal Ensemble

      Conductor: Matthew Guard

    24. Stave V: The End of It: Christmas Day

      Composer: Benedict Sheehan

      Ensemble: Skylark Vocal Ensemble

    25. Stave V: The End of It: Back Payments

      Composer: Benedict Sheehan

      Performer: Sarah Walker

    26. Stave V: The End of It: God Bless Us, Every One

      Composer: Benedict Sheehan

      Ensemble: Skylark Vocal Ensemble

      Conductor: Matthew Guard

    27. Stave V: The End of It: It Came Upon the Midnight Clear

      Composer: Benedict Sheehan

      Performer: Sarah Walker


This is a Blu-ray Audio disc, playable on Blu-ray players only.

“In the Summer of 2019, we recorded our album Once Upon a Time, our first recorded version of a “story concert.” Although we had explored this concept for several years prior with storyteller Sarah Walker, Once Upon a Time was our first collaboration with Benedict Sheehan, who composed incidental music (almost like a choral movie score) to accompany Sarah’s dialogue and to connect the musical dots between existing works by an array of composers. That summer, it became clear that we had stumbled onto something unusual and special. First, the idea of a continuous choral story score – combining elements of classical performance, storytelling, film scoring, and theatricality – seemed to be a rich new idiom for choral performance art. Second, the collaborative team of the project seemed like a dream come true – there was a strong sense of mutual respect for everyone’s unique talents, and a rare ability for creative push and pull…” (Matthew Guard, Artistic Director)