As part of a series of memorial releases for Harry Somers (1925 - 1999), the Canadian Music Centre presents a varied and very attractive selection of choral works. Somers was known as a master vocal composer. While his songs are often quite radical in their methods of vocal production and isolation of individual word-sounds, not to mention many of them being atonal in style, he seems consciously to have kept his choral music within easier musical boundaries, probably for practicality.Nearly the only piece on this with a ...
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As part of a series of memorial releases for Harry Somers (1925 - 1999), the Canadian Music Centre presents a varied and very attractive selection of choral works. Somers was known as a master vocal composer. While his songs are often quite radical in their methods of vocal production and isolation of individual word-sounds, not to mention many of them being atonal in style, he seems consciously to have kept his choral music within easier musical boundaries, probably for practicality.Nearly the only piece on this with a large proportion of unorthodox techniques is "Crucifixion," a seven-minute dramatic setting of the events of Christ's execution. It is accompanied by English horn (wonderfully played by Lawrence Cherney), two trumpets, harp, percussion, and timpani, while the chorus often speaks, chants, and makes strange vocal sounds. One of the few other works on the disc with vocal sound effects is "Spotted Snakes," a setting of a lullaby from Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream where there as...
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Add this copy of The Glorious Sounds of Somers to cart. $25.13, new condition, Sold by Importcds rated 4.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Sunrise, FL, UNITED STATES, published 2001 by Centrediscs.
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Harry Somers. New. New in new packaging. USA Orders only! Brand New product! please allow delivery times of 3-7 business days within the USA. US orders only please.
