PGM 785: "LAMENTO"

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PGM 785 : "LAMENTO"
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PGM NOTE : choral, vocal and instrumental music for the dark season
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FEED DATE : 11-17-06
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INTRO: Descending into the short days of the dark season, we find
music that portrays human emotions at their most vulnerable: music
of pathos, loss and remembrance. These are some of our most
powerful and affecting feelings, and they call for music that
reaches into the depths of our souls.
  On this transmission of HEARTS of SPACE, a special program of
choral, vocal and instrumental music for the dark season — from
guest producer ELLEN HOLMES — called LAMENTO.
  A lament is a cathartic song or poem expressing grief or
mourning. Many of the oldest and most enduring poems in human
history have been laments; they're found in the Iliad and the
Odyssey, the Hindu Vedas, and in ancient Near Eastern religious
texts, including the Old Testament.

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GEORGE ROCHBERG
Transcendental Variations, Movement I <>3:55 >
Performed by Saarbrucken Radio Symphony Orchestra;
Christopher Lyndon-Gee, cond.
: ROCHBERG: SYMPHONY NO. 5; Naxos 8.559115; 2003
: Info: www.naxos.com/catalogue/item.asp?item_code=8.559115

ARVO PART
Cantus in Memory of Benjamin Britten <>8:57 >
Perf. by Staatsorchester Stuttgart; Dennis Russell Davies, cond.
: TABULA RASA; ECM New Series 1275 422 817 764-2; 1984
: Info: www.ecmrecords.com/Catalogue/New_Series/1200/1275.php

GARRETT FISHER
Prelude (extended) <>11:57 >
: THE PASSION OF ST. THOMAS MORE; BIS Records BIS-CD-301158; 2001
: Info: www.fisherensemble.org

SAVINA YANNATOU and PRIMAVERA EN SALONICO
Ave Maria, Deus ti Salvet Maria <>14:56 >
U Lamentu di Ghjiesu <>18:53 >
: VIRGIN MARIES OF THE WORLD; Lyra ML 4937; Greece 1999
: Info: www.savinayannatou.com

SILVIA NAKKACH
Devotion <>27:27 >
: INVOCATION; Relaxation Company CD8002; 2003
: Info: www.therelaxationcompany.com; www.voxmundiproject.com

ZBIGNIEW PREISNER
Offertorium <>30:51 >
Prayer <>34:13 >
Performed by Sinfonia Varsovia and the Varsov Chamber Choir
: REQUIEM FOR MY FRIEND; Erato 3984-24146-2; France 1998
: Info: www.preisner.com

ARVO PART
'Seven Magnificat-Antiphons':
#2: O Adonai <>36:14 >
#5: O Morgenstern <>38:21 >
Performed by Calefax Reed Quintet w/ Kai Wessel, vocalist
: ARVO PART/WILLIAM BYRD; MD&G Records 619 0745-2; Germany 1997
: Info: www.mdg.de; www.arvopart.info

VALERY RYBIN MALE CHOIR
L'extreme-onction <>42:00 >
Composed by Nikolai Karetnikov
Nous te Chantons <>44:37 >
Composed by Victor Kalinnikov
: 20th CENTURY RELIGIOUS SINGING IN MOSCOW; Le Chant du Monde
 SAISON RUSSE/CDM LDC 288012; 1991

ALEXANDER KASTALSKY
Great Doxology (Glory to the Father) (edited) <>48:37 >
Performed by The Ural Choir; Vladislav Novik, dir.
: RUSSIAN RELIGIOUS SINGING THROUGH THE AGES, VOL. 5;
 Le Chant du Monde SAISON RUSSE/CDM RUS 288097; 1995

URMAS SISASK
Dominus Vobiscum (edited) <>53:28 >
Performed by the Eesti Projektt Chamber Choir;
Anne-Liis Treimann, cond.
: NORTHERN LIGHTS [compilation]; Finlandia 11421-2; 1995
: Info: www.finlandia-records.com

SANCTUARY
Vigils and Stone (edited) <>58:20 >
: THE HEART HAS ITS REASONS; Warner Classics 2564 62019-2; 2005
: Info: www.warnerclassics.com; www.sanctuarymusic.ca

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PRODUCED BY : ELLEN HOLMES, 
with help from STEPHEN HILL, STEVE DAVIS and LOU JUDSON
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BAY AREA WEATHER : deflated
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(c) 2006 Hearts of Space
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