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 Our 40th Anniversary CD
AT HOME
with the Glen Ellyn
Children’s Chorus!
Give the gift of song with a new CD of the GECC’s outstanding performances from 2004 and earlier. From inspiring to toe-tapping, this reflects the quintessential GECC with live performances conducted by Artistic Director Emily Ellsworth and memorable selections from Doreen Rao’s standard-setting days with the GECC in the late 1980’s. Delight your family and friends with this captivating collection of beautiful music.
Selections range from the jazzy A-Tisket, A-Tasket (a children’s chorus singing jazz was unheard of when Doreen Rao asked David Elliott to arrange this piece for the GECC) to the hauntingly beautiful Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5, “Aria” (an ethereal, soaring melody accompanied by 6 cellos), as well as a Bach duet, opera selections, and so much more. See the complete listing of repertoire below. Additional selections you can listen to here are: Sing Creation’s Music On, Opening Chorus from the Bartered Bride, and Fairest Lady.
This anniversary CD reflects some of the musical influences that have long been championed and performed with distinction by the GECC: newly commissioned works by major composers, world music which challenges and makes us more aware of the world and its people, music of our own European heritage, and opera for young voices. GECC’s ground-breaking legacy has served as a model for others across the country.
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Complete Repertoire:
SELECTED LIVE PERFORMANCES, 1999-2003
Emily Ellsworth, Artistic Director/Conductor; William Buhr, Pianist
| 1. |
Sing Creations Music On, from Songs Eternity
(GECC commission)
(Streaming REAL audio) |
Stephen Paulus |
2:44 |
| 2. |
My Heart’s Friend, from Songs of the Lights, Set I
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Imant Raminsh |
3:44 |
| 3. |
Festive Alleluia, tambourine, William Buhr
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Lyn Williams |
2:43 |
| 4. |
Islands, soprano, Diana French; flute, Lisa Cisneros
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Lyn Williams |
4:48 |
| 5. |
Riawanna (Circles)
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Stephen Leek |
3:23 |
| 6. |
Briar Rose (GECC commission)
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Lee R. Kesselman |
5:35 |
| 7. |
Fairest Lady, from Nursery Rhyme Cantata
(Streaming REAL audio) |
Nick Page |
2:40 |
CELEBRATING OUR HISTORY: A SAMPLING OF RECORDINGS FROM 1984-88
Doreen Rao, Artistic Director Emerita/Conductor; William Buhr, Pianist
| 8. |
Herr, du siehst statt guter Werke, duet from Cantata #9
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J.S. Bach |
6:09 |
| 9. |
We are the Stars that Sing, from Songs of the Lights, Set II
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Imant Raminsh |
4:31 |
| 10. |
Vem kan segla
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Finnish, arr. Carl-Bertil Agnestig |
1:20 |
| 11. |
Angels are Everywhere, from Angels are Everywhere
(GECC commission)
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Daniel Pinkham |
1:28 |
| 12. |
The Angel on the Cloud, from Angels are Everywhere
(GECC commission)
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Daniel Pinkham |
1:58 |
| 13. |
A-Tisket, A-Tasket (GECC commission)
(Streaming REAL audio) |
Fitzgerald and Feldman, arr. Elliott |
2:35 |
SELECTED LIVE PERFORMANCES, 1999-2004
Emily Ellsworth, Artistic Director/Conductor; William Buhr, Pianist
| 14. |
My Lord, What a Morning
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Trad. Spiritual, arr. Rollo Dilworth |
3:46 |
| 15. |
Libertango, conga, Rich Holly
(GECC commission)
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Astor Piazzolla, arr. Escalada |
2:55 |
| 16. |
Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5, “Aria”
cellists, D. Assael, E. Bailen, D. Barere, A. Grabois, R. Shell, E. Westermann
(Streaming REAL audio)
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Heitor Villa-Lobos |
6:32 |
| 17. |
Dôme Epais, from Lakmé
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Léo Delibes |
1:52 |
| 18. |
Opening Chorus from The Bartered Bride
(Streaming REAL audio) |
Bedřich Smetana, arr. Ellsworth |
2:55 |
| 19. |
The Truly Great (GECC commission)
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Wayland Rogers |
5:52 |
| 20. |
All This Joy (combined GECC ensembles) |
John Denver, arr. Miller |
4:00 |
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