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Formats and Editions
1. 5 Women Bathing In Moonlight
2. Vidi Aquam: To Stir Up Our Wits
3. Vidi Aquam: Observing Nature
4. Vidi Aquam: Asking Of Nature
5. Spring
6. Missa Charles Darwin: Introitus. Tropus Ad Kyrie
7. Missa Charles Darwin: Gloria
8. Missa Charles Darwin: Alleluia
9. Missa Charles Darwin: Credo
10. Missa Charles Darwin: Sanctus
11. Missa Charles Darwin: Agnus Dei
12. Entrai, Pastores, Entrai
13. The Dying Californian
14. 3 American Folk Hymns: Sweet Hour Of Prayer
15. 3 American Folk Hymns: The Morning Trumpet
More Info:
Composer, conductor, scholar, and experimental musician Gregory W. Brown presents a collection of his vocal and choral works on the Navona Records release Moonstrung Air, capturing the wonder of the human voice as our rooted connection with nature. Five Women Bathing in Moonlight depicts an idealized rendering of a seaside party scene by poet Richard Wilbur, evoking a dreamlike and timeless atmosphere. Entrai, Pastores, Entrai and Three American Folk Hymns - "The Dying Californian," "Sweet Hour of Prayer," and "The Morning Trumpet" - are settings of traditional tunes that pay tribute to the original while drawing on Brown's extensive singing and conducting background. Imagery of the natural world and our gradual awareness of it's presence are primary themes in Vidi Aquam and Spring. Missa Charles Darwin is a setting of Darwin texts in the form of the Roman Catholic Mass featuring DNA from one of Darwin's finches translated into motivic material.
