GRAMMY®-Nominated Album Trio

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Read more about Considering Matthew Shepard

Considering Matthew Shepard is Craig Hella Johnson’s concert-length musical response to the tragic death of a young man who has become an American icon and a symbol for hope and empowerment. Featuring soloists from Conspirare. 

Track Listing:

DISC ONE

1. Prologue: Cattle, Horses, Sky and Grass
2. Prologue: Ordinary Boy
3. Prologue: We Tell Each Other Stories
4. Passion: Recitation I
5. Passion: The Fence (Before)
6. Passion: Recitation II
7. Passion: The Fence (That Night)
8. Passion: Recitation III
9. Passion: A Protestor
10. Passion: Keep it Away From Me (The Wound of Love)
11. Passion: Recitation IV
12. Passion: Fire of the Ancient Heart
13. Passion: Recitation V
14. Passion: Stray Birds
15. Passion: We Are All Sons (Part 1)
16. Passion: I Am Like You / We Are All Sons (Part 2)
17. Passion: The Innocence

DISC TWO

1. Passion: Recitation VI
2. Passion: The Fence (One Week Later)
3. Passion: Recitation VII
4. Passion: Stars
5. Passion: Recitation VIII
6. Passion: In Need of Breath
7. Passion: Gently Rest (Deer Lullaby)
8. Passion: Recitation IX
9. Passion: Deer Song
10. Passion: Recitation X
11. Passion: The Fence (After) / The Wind
12. Passion: Pilgrimage
13. Epilogue: Meet Me Here
14. Epilogue: Thank You
15. Epilogue: All of Us
16. Epilogue: Cattle, Horses, Sky and Grass (Reprise)

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Read more about The Hope of Loving

The Hope of Loving, a fan-favorite, embraces Runestad’s masterful curation of poetry and prose, bringing the listener along on an immersive and rewarding emotional journey. Themes of grief and despair (“Waves,” “Why the Caged Bird Sings”) evolve into inspiration and wonder (“American Triptych”), culminating in defiant exclamations of hope and love (“The Hope of Loving”) that heal the soul and bring life back to the universe (“Flower into Kindness”). 

Track Listing:

1. Waves
2. American Triptych: No. 1, Reflections
3. American Triptych: No. 2, The Peace of Wild Things
4. American Triptych: No. 3, Come to the Woods
5. Why the Caged Bird Sings
6. Spirited Light
7. Let My Love Be Heard (Version for Choir)
8. And So I Go On
9. The Hope of Loving: No. 1, Yield to Love
10. The Hope of Loving: No. 2, Wild Forces
11. The Hope of Loving: No. 3, Wondrous Creatures
12. The Hope of Loving: No. 4, The Heart’s Veil
13. The Hope of Loving: No. 5, My Soul Is a Candle
14. The Hope of Loving: No. 6, The Hope of Loving
15. Into the Light: No. 4, Flower into Kindness

Recorded January 20-January 22, 2019 at St. Martin’s Lutheran Church

 

 

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Read more about The Singing Guitar

The Singing Guitar, a recent standout in Conspirare’s discography, highlights the work of three vanguard composers Reena Esmail, Nico Muhly, and Kile Smith in collaboration with the LA, Texas, and Austin Guitar Quartets. Conspirare’s sublime lyrical melody flows seamlessly in and out of the guitar quartets’ texturally rich accompaniment – don’t miss out on this enrapturing sonic journey! 

Track Listing:

1. When the Guitar (Reena Esmail)
2. How Little You Are (Nico Muhly)
   • We washed our faces at the spring
   • Do you remember
   • A long-drawn wail
   • Interlude: Springtime
   • How little you are
   • The night herders
3. The Dawn’s Early Light (Kile Smith)
   • I, Sarah Winnemucca
   • My grandfather jumped up
   • While they were fishing
   • The Paiutes are not fond of going to war
   • The Star-Spangled Banner
   • I shall be beautiful
4. The Song That I Came To Sing (CHJ)

Recorded November 4-November 6, 2019 at St. Luke’s Methodist Church, Houston, TX

 

 

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