Northern lights over the Twin Cities (1:36:00) -- A plan of the air (24:34).
Note
The 1st work for spatially separated groups of instruments and vocalists ; the 2nd work for spatially separated instrumental groups (drawn from a symphonic band) and 4 vocalists.
Texts to the 1st work drawn from National Geographic magazine, astronomy magazines, and encyclopedias; text to the 2nd work by Patricia Gorman Brant after an inventory from the Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci.
Author
Brant, Henry, 1913-2008.
Title
The Henry Brant collection. Volume 1 [electronic resource].
Imprint
[St. Paul, Minn.] : Innova, [2010]
Series
Naxos Music Library.
Colección Innova.
Performer
In the 1st work: Sarita Roche, Cindy Lambert, sopranos ; Rick Penning, tenor ; Alvin King, Wayne Dalton, baritones ; The Macalester Festival Chorale, Amy Snyder conducting ; The Macalester Concert Choir, Kathy Romey conducting ; The Macalester Symphonic Band, Henry Brant conducting ; The Macalester Symphony Orchestra, Edouard Forner conducting ; Mac Jazz, Carleton Macy conducting ; The Macalester Pipe Band, Andrew Hoag conducting; The Macalester Special Percussion Group ; Ten-Piano Ensemble ; The Macalester Dance Ensemble. In the 2nd work: Sandra Cross, soprano ; Jody Bartholomew, alto ; Robert Hanson, tenor ; James Bohn, bass-baritone ; University of Wisconsin, River Falls, Symphony Band ; W. Larry Brentzel, Henry Brant, conductor.