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This recording (Discover!) has been an exciting two-year project, working with Alice Parker and Libby Larsen and their inspirational music and commissions. It was made possible by the generous financial support provided by Raymond & Nancy Murray, Jay B. & Marsha Starkey, and Ron Medvin & Susan Hart-Medvin along with the dedication of The Master Chorale singers and Board of Directors. It has been The Master Chorale’s privilege to be able to rehearse, perform and record the music of these two extraordinary American composers to share with singers and audiences of all ages.
– Richard Zielinski

Track List

ALICE PARKER (b.1925)
Duke Ellington: Songs from the Sacred Concerts
1. I. Every Man Prays                        
2. Our Father                                     
3. II. Come Sunday
    Eleni Matos, mezzo-soprano          
4. III. Don’t Get Down
    Todd Donovan, bass-baritone
5. IV. Will You Be There?
6. V. Praise God and Dance
    Jennifer Rodney, soprano
USF Jazz Combo

The Rock and the River (world premiere)
7. I. Can’t Hide
8. II. Peace Like A River
9. III. I Got a Hidin’ Place
    Todd Donovan, bass-baritone
USF Jazz Combo

LIBBY LARSEN (b.1950)
Seven Ghosts
10. I. Grace & Glory
      Lanett Grant, speaker
11. II. Jenny Lind to Harriet Beecher Stowe
      Ruthie Nelson, soprano & Jennifer Rodney,    soprano
12. III. Blinking Pluto
13. IV. Myself with Wings
      Ruthie Nelson, soprano; Jennifer Rodney, soprano;
      William Renfroe, tenor; Jason Burke, baritone
14. V. United Hot Clubs of America
      Joel Mercer, speaker
USF Faculty Brass Quintet

15. Whitman’s America (world premiere)

Recorded at the Springs Theatre, Tampa, FL on March 4, 2007 (Larsen) and April 20, 2008 (Parker)

This recording is made possible by the generosity of our patrons, Raymond and Nancy Murray.

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