Life is marked by SEASONS. For all time, artists across the globe have tried to capture these SEASONS in music. Through harmony, melody and lyrics, music has a way of capturing the human heart and experience and helps us to process, understand and to find reason in life’s SEASONS.
Chime Choir is an ensemble made up of individuals, each of whom are living through varying SEASONS of life, and this project is a collection of music that speaks to us. Whether in a SEASON of Joy or Sorrow, Expectation or Disappointment, Marriage or Separation, Life or Death, each of us finds identity and comfort in the sentiment of these contemporary choral compositions. We love singing and sharing in that special connection which transpires between performer and listener, and we count it an honour to bring to life the compositions of these modern-day choral masters. Everything you hear is 100% live – no added bits or overdubs – and recorded in one take. We simply gathered in a space, sang with all our hearts and captured our sound on this project. We hope that you can connect, enjoy and find rest in the music of A NEW SEASON. Marten Visser Principal Artistic Director, Choral Institute Melbourne, 2012-2019 |
REQUIEM
Written by Eliza Gilkyson Arranged by Craig Hella Johnson © 2008 G. Schirmer Inc. EARTH SONG Written by Frank Ticheli © 2006 Manhattan Beach Music GLOW Music by Eric Whitacre Text by Edward Esch Piano Arrangement by Lisa Edwards © 2013 Walt Disney Music Company FINALE B (NO DAY BUT TODAY) from the musical RENT Words and Music by Jonathan Larson Arranged by Roger Emerson © 1996 Finter & Music Ltd. Soloist: Troy Riches A PLACE BY THE RIVER Written by Eddie Perfect Arranged by Kathryn Sadler © 2012 Eddie Perfect Soloists: Anne Matisi & Rachelle Mosca |
THE GROUND
Written Ola Gjeilo © 2010, 2011 Walton Music Corp. UBI CARITAS Written by Paul Mealor © 2011 Oxford University Press MARY, DID YOU KNOW? Words and Music by Mark Lowry & Buddy Greene Vocal Transcription by Paul Langford © 1991 Word Music Inc. Drumkit: Jack Bennett Soloists: Jason Simmonds, Jonathan Calleja & Marten Visser BREATH OF HEAVEN (MARY'S SONG) Words and Music by Amy Grant & Chris Eaton Arranged by Roger Emerson © 2000 SGO Music Publishing HE LIVES IN YOU From the musical THE LION KING Music and Lyrics by Mark Mancina, Jay Rifkin & Lebo M Choral Arrangement by Mark Brymer Piano Arrangment by Marten Visser © 1999 Walt Disney Music Company Soloist: Rachelle Mosca |