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Regret, Repent, Rejoice / The Sacred Nine Project
Centaur Records

Regret, Repent, Rejoice / The Sacred Nine Project

$17.99

Details

Composer
VARIOUS
Artist
C. Leonard Raybon
Format
CD + DVD
Label
Centaur Records
Released
Mar 05, 2021
Catalog #
CRC3815
UPC
044747381527

About

This is an album of classic works collected in the classic book, "The Southern Harmony and Musical Companion," compiled by William Walker in 1835. This is a truly amazing compendium of these classic pieces, in beautiful arrangements. Curtis Leonard Raybon writes of this project: "The Sacred Nine Project presents problematic works from American music or poetic history and asks the audience to consider what we can learn from them today. It all started when I, trying to avoid copyright issues, sought out an original source for my HOLY MANNA arrangement. I found a facsimile of Southern Harmony, and was delighted to leaf through it's virtual pages. There I saw the usual and welcomed suspects like "Amazing Grace" and "Wondrous Love." However, I was alarmed to find many tunes that not-so-subtly advanced the shame-based theology of the time. In each Sacred Nine Project so far, I revive works that have fallen out of use. If these disturbing musical and poetic pieces did not survive the natural selection, then good! Why revive them now? Well, the takeaway is often thus: the initial audience reaction may be to be self-congratulatory: Look how far we've come! But when we really stop to think, we see that the more austere and primitive texts we sing are dead and buried, but the sentiments they represent are alive and well. Religion is still shaming people ("RRR" and the upcoming "Conversion"). Well-meaning white people from centuries past are complicit in today's insidious racial unrest ("Cora L, Imposter," and the upcoming "Saints Bound." The Sacred Nine Project opens old wounds to help heal fresh ones."

Tracklist 14 tracks

  1. 1 Manna All Around (arr. L.C. Raybon for choir) 02:57
    Track
    1
    Title
    Manna All Around (arr. L.C. Raybon for choir)
    Duration
    02:57
    Composer
    William Moore
    Ensemble
    Sacred Nine Project
    Conductor
    Leonard C. Raybon
  2. 2 The Social Band (arr. L.C. Raybon for choir) 01:48
    Track
    2
    Title
    The Social Band (arr. L.C. Raybon for choir)
    Duration
    01:48
    Composer
    Traditional
    Ensemble
    Sacred Nine Project
    Conductor
    Leonard C. Raybon
  3. 3 Rock of Ages (arr. L.C. Raybon for choir) 02:28
    Track
    3
    Title
    Rock of Ages (arr. L.C. Raybon for choir)
    Duration
    02:28
    Composer
    Traditional
    Ensemble
    Sacred Nine Project
    Conductor
    Leonard C. Raybon
  4. 4 Say, Will You, or No? (arr. L.C. Raybon for choir) 02:52
    Track
    4
    Title
    Say, Will You, or No? (arr. L.C. Raybon for choir)
    Duration
    02:52
    Composer
    Traditional
    Ensemble
    Sacred Nine Project
    Conductor
    Leonard C. Raybon
  5. 5 The Romish Lady (arr. L.C. Raybon for choir) 04:42
    Track
    5
    Title
    The Romish Lady (arr. L.C. Raybon for choir)
    Duration
    04:42
    Composer
    Traditional
    Ensemble
    Sacred Nine Project
    Conductor
    Leonard C. Raybon
  6. 6 The Clear Title (arr. L.C. Raybon for choir) 03:07
    Track
    6
    Title
    The Clear Title (arr. L.C. Raybon for choir)
    Duration
    03:07
    Composer
    William Walker
    Ensemble
    Sacred Nine Project
    Conductor
    Leonard C. Raybon
  7. 7 The Fiery Fiends (arr. L.C. Raybon for choir) 02:55
    Track
    7
    Title
    The Fiery Fiends (arr. L.C. Raybon for choir)
    Duration
    02:55
    Composer
    Traditional
    Ensemble
    Sacred Nine Project
    Conductor
    Leonard C. Raybon
  8. 8 The Conversion of Captain Kidd (arr. L.C. Raybon for choir) 04:46
    Track
    8
    Title
    The Conversion of Captain Kidd (arr. L.C. Raybon for choir)
    Duration
    04:46
    Composer
    Traditional
    Ensemble
    Sacred Nine Project
    Conductor
    Leonard C. Raybon
  9. 9 Tedious and Tasteless (arr. L.C. Raybon for choir) 03:50
    Track
    9
    Title
    Tedious and Tasteless (arr. L.C. Raybon for choir)
    Duration
    03:50
    Composer
    Traditional
    Ensemble
    Sacred Nine Project
    Conductor
    Leonard C. Raybon
  10. 10 The Female Convict (arr. L.C. Raybon for choir) 02:40
    Track
    10
    Title
    The Female Convict (arr. L.C. Raybon for choir)
    Duration
    02:40
    Composer
    Traditional
    Ensemble
    Sacred Nine Project
    Conductor
    Leonard C. Raybon
  11. 11 Gay As Sixteen (arr. L.C. Raybon for choir) 03:18
    Track
    11
    Title
    Gay As Sixteen (arr. L.C. Raybon for choir)
    Duration
    03:18
    Composer
    Traditional
    Ensemble
    Sacred Nine Project
    Conductor
    Leonard C. Raybon
  12. 12 Amazing Grace (arr. L.C. Raybon for choir) 04:55
    Track
    12
    Title
    Amazing Grace (arr. L.C. Raybon for choir)
    Duration
    04:55
    Composer
    Traditional
    Ensemble
    Sacred Nine Project
    Conductor
    Leonard C. Raybon
  13. 13 The French Broad (arr. L.C. Raybon for choir) 04:34
    Track
    13
    Title
    The French Broad (arr. L.C. Raybon for choir)
    Duration
    04:34
    Composer
    Traditional
    Ensemble
    Sacred Nine Project
    Conductor
    Leonard C. Raybon
  14. 14 The Other Side of Jordan (arr. L.C. Raybon for choir) 03:17
    Track
    14
    Title
    The Other Side of Jordan (arr. L.C. Raybon for choir)
    Duration
    03:17
    Composer
    Traditional
    Ensemble
    Sacred Nine Project
    Conductor
    Leonard C. Raybon