 | Sacred and Profane SomersHARRY SOMERS Elmer Iseler SingersElmer Iseler, conductor
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CMC-CD 5495
Five Songs of the Newfoundland Outports [17:33]
- Si j'avais le bateau [2:34]
- The Banks of Newfoundland [3:05]
- The Old "Mayflower" [1:33]
- She's like the swallow [7:34]
- Feller from Fortune [2:42]
Elmer Iseler Singers
Bruce Ubukata (piano)
Elmer Iseler (conductor)
Kyrie [23:12]
Roxolana Roslak (soprano)
Susan Cooper (mezzo soprano)
Robert Missen (tenor)
Nelson Lohnes (bass)
Elmer Iseler Singers
Chamber orchestra
Elmer Iseler (conductor)
Three Limericks [21:53]
- The Barmaid from Crale [8:42]
- Danse Macabre [4:55]
- Adam [8:10]
Patricia Kern (mezzo-soprano)
Elmer Iseler Singers
Chamber orchestra
Elmer Iseler (conductor)
TOTAL TIME: [62:56]
Originally released in the early 1980s on vinyl records, these three works are brought together on CD, and represent a major statement in Canadian choral music composition.
Composer Harry Somers offers three pieces, all of which exhibit a thoroughly different character and mood. From the traditional folksong lyricism of the Five Songs of the Newfoundland Outports through the atonally dramatic Kyrie to the witty and bawdy cabaret-like Three Limericks, Somers provides the listener with a rich diversity of musical expression.
What the critics say: |
"This collection of music by Toronto's Harry Somers remains one of the finest vocal discs in the Canadian catalogue, with the Elmer Iseler Singers in top form... Would that Somers were more prolific; his music is as good as we have in this country." - William Littler, The Toronto Star
This page was last edited May 09, 2006.
