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CDs: Surprised by Beauty: Minimalism in Choral Music
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Boston Secession’s second studio recording, Surprised by Beauty: Minimalism in Choral Music, features The Beatitudes [1990] by Estonian Arvo Pärt; And so ended Kant’s travelling in this world [1997] by England’s Gavin Bryars; Transport [2007] from the oratorio Testimony of Witnesses by Boston-based Ruth Lomon; and Southern Harmony [1981], a jubilant reinterpretation of 19th-century shape-note hymns, by American composer William Duckworth. The recording also includes bonus tracks by William Walker.
The repertoire for the CD was chosen to showcase the subtle and intricate beauty of choral minimalism, which employs chordal repetitions, subdued harmonic shifts, and often intricate mathematical formulations. Boston Secession, which has been recognized for its “beautiful balance, musical surety, and English-styled straight-toned singing” (Boston Globe), has achieved a precisely blended and transparent tone in this recording, accentuating the inherent elegance of an art form that is both richly detailed and exquisitely subtle.
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