This recording brings you fifteen pieces that have evoked an overwhelming response from Elektra’s audiences around the world. Eight of the selections—most of them well known folk songs—are from Canada. The opening track is David MacIntyre’s electrifying Ave Maria. Fine works by European and British composers, and the Missa Brevis by American composer Ron Jeffers round out the recording.
Ave Maria by David MacIntyre
Track Listings
1. Ave Maria
David MacIntyre
2. Wie lieblich sind deine Wohnungen
Josef Rheinberger
3. Missa Brevis in temporare violentiae: Kyrie
Ron Jeffers
4. Missa Brevis in temporare violentiae: Gloria
Ron Jeffers
5. Flos Regali
Anonymous
6. Linden Lea
Ralph Vaughan Williams
7. Two Eastern Pictures: Spring
Gustav Holst
8. Two Eastern Pictures: Summer
Gustav Holst
9. The Lass of Richmond Hill
arr. Jonathan Willcocks
10. Follow Me Down to Carlow
arr. Percy E. Fletcher
11. Reel à Bouche
arr. Malcolm Dalglish
12. Away from the Roll of the Sea
Allister MacGillivray, arr. D. Loomer
13. She’s Like the Swallow
arr. Stephen Smith
14. Wood River
Connie Kaldor, arr. Willi Zwozdesky
15. The Log Driver’s Waltz
Wade Hemsworth, arr. Ron Smail
16. Heaven Bound Train
arr. Stephen Hatfield
17. J’entends le Moulin
arr. Donald Patriquin
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Welcome the World review
“Welcome the World: A Choral Gala
David Gordon Duke (Vancouver Sun), loved it! "In a city as committed to choral music as Vancouver, it was obvious some sort of choral extravaganza would feature in the Cultural Olympiad. . . .
Morna Edmundson's Elektra, for example, started with an old Elektra standby, David MacIntyre's Ave Maria, then moved through a snippet of Purcell, Murray Schafer's elegant Snowforms, and a robust Dona Nobis Pacem by Japanese composer Ko Matsushita."
