A Company of Voices: Conspirare in Concert DVD
Recorded October 2008
at the Long Center for the Performing Arts, Austin, TX, a production of KLRU-TV in association with Conspirare. PBS Special.
2009
Craig Hella Johnson & Company of Voices
Harmonia Mundi HMD 9907535 – 56 min + 38 min. bonus features
Also on CD
Craig Hella Johnson (CHJ), Conductor
With Bion Tsang, cello, and Thomas Burritt, percussion
“A Company of Voices” marks Conspirare’s national television debut. This DVD takes the audience on a journey of innovative sound, vibrant images and thought-provoking ideas and offers a message of love, hope and transformation.
- Sure on This Shining Night (Morten Lauridsen)
- Let the River Run (Carly Simon, arr. CHJ)
- The Water is Wide (traditional, arr. CHJ)
- Didn’t My Lord Deliver Daniel? (spiritual, arr. Moses Hogan)
- Will There Really Be a “Morning”? (CHJ)
- Light of a Clear Blue Morning (Dolly Parton, arr. CHJ)
- Agnus Dei excerpt (Samuel Barber)
- Gabriel’s Oboe (Ennio Morricone)
- Soneto de la Noche (Morten Lauridsen)
- What If (Eric Whitacre)
- Requiem (Eliza Gilkyson, arr. CHJ)
- 1000 Beautiful Things (Annie Lennox, arr. CHJ)
- Triptych (excerpt) III. Each shall rise (Tarik O’Regan)
- I Love You (Larry Norman, Randy Stonehill, arr. CHJ) / What a Wonderful World (Robert Thiele, George David Weiss, arr. CHJ)
- The First of My Lovers (Sydney Carter, arr. CHJ)
BONUS MUSIC TRACKS
- Collage (arr. CHJ): Wayfarin’ Stranger (traditional) / You’re No Good (Clint Ballard, Jr.) / De Profundis (chant) / See My Eyes (Andrew Lloyd Webber) / Crying (Joe Melson, Roy Orbison) / Drop, Drop Slow Tears (Orlando Gibbons)
- Deep River (spiritual, arr. Roy Ringwald)
- When I Fall in Love (Edward Herman, arr. CHJ) / Nearer My God to Thee (Lowell Mason, arr. CHJ)
BONUS FEATURES
- Conversations: Craig Hella Johnson with Midge Woolsey
- Reflections: Conspirare (Conspirare singers share experiences)
- Behind the Scenes (still photos)
- Stage Backdrop Images
