SKU: GI.G-1118
Composed by James Jordan.
GIA ChoralWorks. Music
Education. Choral score.
GIA Publications #1118.
Published by GIA
Publications (GI.G-1118).
A year ago,
Westminster Williamson
Voices joined a
consortium called
“The Scattered
Light Consortiumâ€
along with Jo-Michael
Scheibe at USC (the USC
Thornton Chamber Singers)
and Jamie Glasgow (The
Glasgow School of Art
Choir). I was attracted
to the concept not only
because of the composers
who are dear friends, but
because the pieces were
set to poems by one of
America’s greatest
poets, Dana Gioia. When
the two works arrived
from composer Sarah
Rimkus and Thomas LaVoy,
I had, as they say,
“the wind knocked
out of me.†While
both poems could be
interpreted using a
broader life perspective,
they spoke to me and the
choir in ways that were
immediately deep and
profound. Both poems
provide light and hope to
all of us who are living
through this change at
Westminster into
something unknown. And
then, shortly after this
recording was completed,
the pandemic struck and
we were in isolation from
our music-making family.
We were thankful that we
were able to complete
this recording. Â All
of the music on the CD
reflects our hope for the
future as we climb a
crooked ladder leading
to, hopefully, a brighter
new time for our beloved
college, and our lives
beyond the pandemic. Our
desire is to see a
glimmer of light behind
what seems a very closed
door. This CD offers
music for personal
reflection, with the hope
that these sounds can
provide for each of us
“scatteredâ€
new light. Â CONTENTS:
In the Bleak Midwinter,
Steve Pilkington •
Kit Smart's Carol, Gerald
Custer •
Improvisation on Coventry
Carol, Sam Scheibe,
Christian Koller,
Guillermo Passarin, Alex
Tomlinson •
Solitude, James Whitbourn
• The Stars Now
Rearrange Themselves,
Thomas LaVoy • The
Burning Ladder, Sarah
Rimkus • Salvation
to All That Will Is Nigh,
Anthony Maglione •
Brightest and Best, Sarah
Rimkus • Coventry
Carol, John Frederick
Hudson •
Magnificat, Peter Relph
• Let All Mortal
Flesh Keep Silent, Sam
Scheibe.