Harris / Voices New Zealand Chamber Choir- Face / Symphony 6 (CD)
In SymphonyNo.6 'LastLetter', Ross Harris explores settings of four poems by Vincent O'-Sullivan, interlinking them with three musical interludes. The darkness of the subject matter draws from the composer music of powerful and at times despairing intensity. Face was written as the First World War centenary approached it's conclusion and confronts the trauma of facial injuries suffered by soldiers in the conflict. Choruses and solos are punctuated by orchestral commentary, the music freely mixing tonal and atonal elements to heighten the expressive gravity of the personal tragedies depicted.
Tracklist:
- Symphony No. 6 "Last Letter": No. 1, Last Letter Home
- Symphony No. 6 "Last Letter": Interlude I
- Symphony No. 6 "Last Letter": No. 2, Mother I Asked You
- Symphony No. 6 "Last Letter": Interlude II
- Symphony No. 6 "Last Letter": No. 3, This Word I Carry With You
- Symphony No. 6 "Last Letter": Interlude III
- Symphony No. 6 "Last Letter": No. 4, Listen As I Tell You
- Face: No. 1, Blessed Be The Features I (Live)
- Face: No. 2, It Is The Same Line Of Trees (Live)
- Face: No. 3a, The Words One Hears In Silence - No. 3b, And How Do I Look My Best? (Live)
- Face: No. 4, Blessed Be The Features II (Live)
- Face: No. 5, They'll Want To Talk About Home (Live)
- Face: No. 6, The Jawline (Live)
- Face: No. 7, How Do I Look My Best? (Live)
- Face: No. 8, It's The Constant Thing (Live)
- Face: No. 9, Blessed Be The Features III (Live)
- Face: No. 10, I Remember Your Hands (Live)
- Face: No. 11, This Morning Is All That Matters (Live)
- Face: No. 12, That Last Enchanting Summer (Live)
In SymphonyNo.6 'LastLetter', Ross Harris explores settings of four poems by Vincent O'-Sullivan, interlinking them with three musical interludes. The darkness of the subject matter draws from the composer music of powerful and at times despairing intensity. Face was written as the First World War centenary approached it's conclusion and confronts the trauma of facial injuries suffered by soldiers in the conflict. Choruses and solos are punctuated by orchestral commentary, the music freely mixing tonal and atonal elements to heighten the expressive gravity of the personal tragedies depicted.
Tracklist:
- Symphony No. 6 "Last Letter": No. 1, Last Letter Home
- Symphony No. 6 "Last Letter": Interlude I
- Symphony No. 6 "Last Letter": No. 2, Mother I Asked You
- Symphony No. 6 "Last Letter": Interlude II
- Symphony No. 6 "Last Letter": No. 3, This Word I Carry With You
- Symphony No. 6 "Last Letter": Interlude III
- Symphony No. 6 "Last Letter": No. 4, Listen As I Tell You
- Face: No. 1, Blessed Be The Features I (Live)
- Face: No. 2, It Is The Same Line Of Trees (Live)
- Face: No. 3a, The Words One Hears In Silence - No. 3b, And How Do I Look My Best? (Live)
- Face: No. 4, Blessed Be The Features II (Live)
- Face: No. 5, They'll Want To Talk About Home (Live)
- Face: No. 6, The Jawline (Live)
- Face: No. 7, How Do I Look My Best? (Live)
- Face: No. 8, It's The Constant Thing (Live)
- Face: No. 9, Blessed Be The Features III (Live)
- Face: No. 10, I Remember Your Hands (Live)
- Face: No. 11, This Morning Is All That Matters (Live)
- Face: No. 12, That Last Enchanting Summer (Live)