House of Belonging Conspirare, Miró Quartet & Craig Hella Johnson

• Craig Hella Johnson (b. 1961):
• 1 Johnson: Reaching 03:15
• Kevin Puts (b. 1972):
• 2 Puts: Home 06:37
• Derrick Skye (b. 1982):
• 3 Skye: Black Ocean: Anthems Of A Crowd 7 06:33
• Alex Berko (b. 1955): Sacred Place:
• 4 Berko: Sacred Place: I. Opening Prayer 00:48
• 5 Berko: Sacred Place: II. Amidah 03:34
• 6 Berko: Sacred Place: III. Shema 04:51
• 7 Berko: Sacred Place: IV. Mi Shebeirach 03:56
• 8 Berko: Sacred Place: V. Kaddish 04:49
• 9 Berko: Sacred Place: VI. Closing Prayer 02:56
• Moira Smiley (b. 1976):
• 10 Smiley: Haiku 03:11
• Ross Lee Finney (1906 - 1997):
• 11 Finney: See How the Earth 04:12
• Shara Nova (b. 1974):
• 12 Nova: The House of Belonging 05:55
• Michael Schachter (b. 1987):
• 13 Schachter: O Vorsehung 06:32
• Margaret Bonds (1913 - 1972):
• 14 Bonds: Joy 02:13
• Alex Berko:
• 15 Berko: You Through Me 08:51
• Kevin Puts:
• 16 Puts: Evergreen 06:27
• Shara Nova:
• 17 Nova: I Have Never Loved Someone (Arr. for Choir by Nate Thacher) 04:15
• Total Runtime 01:18:55

Info for House of Belonging

House of Belonging is a dynamic and timely collection of world premieres for choir and instruments featuring the Miró Quartet, violinist Sandy Yamamoto, cellist Daniel Kopp and pianist Carla McElhaney.

Craig Hella Johnson leads Conspirare in a musical exploration of home and belonging. These world premiere recordings showcase the virtuosity and distinctive expressiveness of Conspirare’s vocal artists in music from composers Alex Berko, Craig Hella Johnson, Shara Nova, Kevin Puts, Michael Schachter, and Derrick Skye. The music of Margaret Bonds, Ross Lee Finney and Moira Smiley complete the album.

The musical texts are written by a diverse array of writers and poets including Ludwig van Beethoven, Wendell Berry, Hildegard of Bingen, Langston Hughes, Kobayashi Issa, Rūta Kuzmickas & Alex Berko, Andrew Marvell, John Muir, Kiara Skye, William Stafford, Rabindranath Tagore, Euan Tait, and David Whyte. With soloists Simon Barrad, Meg Dudley, Haitham Haidar, Chelsea Helm, Michael Jones, Lauren McAllister, Savannah Porter, Kathlene Ritch, and David Kurtenbach Rivera.

House of Belonging is a dynamic and timely collection of American music for voices and with instruments featuring a collaboration with the internationally-renowned Miró Quartet. Craig Hella Johnson and Conspirare commissioned composers Alex Berko, Shara Nova, Kevin Puts, Michael Schachter, and Derrick Skye especially for the collaboration with the Miró Quartet and the resulting album. Music of Margaret Bonds, Ross Lee Finney, Craig Hella Johnson, and Moira Smiley completes the album.

Curated and conducted by Craig Hella Johnson, the album showcases the unique combination of choral virtuosity and extraordinarily beautiful human expression in works by composers and poets diverse in age, geography, and ethnicity who speak to our internal and external sense of home and belonging. Each composer, in their unique voice, offers a reflection point for listeners.

The musical texts are written by a diverse group of writers and poets including Ludwig van Beethoven, Wendell Berry, Hildegard of Bingen, Langston Hughes, Kobayashi Issa, Rūta Kuzmickas & Alex Berko, Andrew Marvell, John Muir, Kiara Skye, William Stafford, Rabindranath Tagore, Euan Tait, and David Whyte.

Conspirare
Miró Quartet
Craig Hella Johnson, direction

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