Utwory na płycie:

• Holst - Welcome Joy and Welcome Sorrow - Welcome Joy and Welcome Sorrow. Allegretto
• Holst - Welcome Joy and Welcome Sorrow - Teighnmouth. Allegro molto
• Holst - Welcome Joy and Welcome Sorrow - Over the Hill and over the Dale. Vivace ma non troppo
• Holst - Welcome Joy and Welcome Sorrow - O Sorrow. Un poco lento
• Holst - Welcome Joy and Welcome Sorrow - Lullaby. Andante molto moderato
• Holst - Welcome Joy and Welcome Sorrow - Shed no Tear. Allegretto
• Holst - Two Eastern Pictures H 112 - Spring. Allegretto con spirito - Meno mosso - Tempo I
• Holst - Two Eastern Pictures H 112 - Summer. Allegretto - Andante - Allegretto - Andante -
• Weir - We sekyn here rest - We sekyn here rest
• Campbell - Our Endless Day - Our Endless Day
• Poston - An English Day-Book - A Bellmans Song. Poco maestoso - Meno mosso
• Poston - An English Day-Book - Te lucis ante terminum. Plainsong smooth and flowing -
• Poston - An English Day-Book - A Night Curse. Con brio - Largamente maestoso - Lento
• Poston - An English Day-Book - Lemady: Maying Song. Moderato - A shade quicker -
• Poston - An English Day-Book - A Charm against the Bumble Bee. Moderato - Tempo giusto -
• Poston - An English Day-Book - Interlude for Harp. Molto moderato -
• Poston - An English Day-Book - The Noonday Heat (Air by William Boyce 1710-1779).
• Poston - An English Day-Book - Running Set: Spring. Con brio
• Poston - An English Day-Book - Evening Song (The Priests Chant). Tranquillo
• Poston - An English Day-Book - Sweet Suffolk Owl. Andante semplice
• Poston - An English Day-Book - A Bellmans Song (Mvt 1 abridged). Poco maestoso
• Sparkhall - Lux Aeterna - Lux Aeterna
• McGregor - Love was his meaning - Love was his meaning
• Holst - Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda Op.26 Third Group H 99 - Hymn to the Dawn. Andante
• Holst - Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda Op.26 Third Group H 99 - Hymn to the Waters. Allegro
• Holst - Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda Op.26 Third Group H 99 - Hymn to Vena (The Sun Rising through the Mist). Adagio -
• Holst - Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda Op.26 Third Group H 99 - Hymn of the Travellers. The God invoked in this hymn is the
• Rajasekar - Ushas - Goddess of Dawn - Ushas - Goddess of Dawn
• Rajasekar - Priestess - Priestess
• Holst - Dirge and Hymeneal H 124 - Dirge and Hymeneal H 124

Gustav Holst (1874-1934):
Two Eastern Pictures
Dirge and Hymeneal
Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda:Third Group

Elisabeth Poston (1905-1987):
An English Day-Book

Imogen Holst (1907-1984):
Welcome Joy and Welcome Sorrow

Hilary Campbell (b. 1983):
Our Endless Day

Olivia M. Sparkhall (b. 1976):
Lux Aeterna

Gemma McGregor (b. 1965):
Love was his meaning

Judith Weir (b. 1954):
We sekyn here rest

Shruthi Rajasekar (b. 1996):
Ushaa – Goddess of Dawn
Priestess

For their second album on Chandos, Freddie Crowley and his Corvus Consort – joined by the harpist Louise Thomson – turn their attention to a rich vein of choral music written for women’s voices and harp. Gustav Holst was a champion of women’s voices and taught in several girls’ schools, most famously at St Paul’s Girls’ School, Hammersmith, where he worked for almost thirty years. His contribution to this genre is represented by three works: Two Eastern Pictures, Dirge and Hymeneal, and more substantially his Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda. These works provide a frame for the bulk of the programme – mostly written by British women. Works by Imogen Holst and Elizabeth Poston lead us towards the more recent generations – Judith Weir, Gemma McGregor, and on to Olivia Sparkhall, and Hilary Campbell. The Indian composer Shruthi Rajasekar was invited to compose for this programme in response to the Third Group of Gustav Holst’s Choral Hymns. Both Ushas – Goddess of Dawn and Priestess not only add exciting new repertoire for these unusual forces, but explore directly Holst’s engagement with ancient Hindu texts.