Conspirare
Company of Voices
Craig Hella Johnson, Conductor
through the green fuse

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Conspirare, inspired by the belief in music's power to change people's lives, seeks to draw all persons into the embrace of the musical arts by producing world-class choral/orchestral performances, by exploring avenues of music innovation, and by engaging new and diverse audiences in extraordinary musical and educational experiences.

Led by renowned conductor Craig Hella Johnson, Conspirare brings innovative programming and virtuosi choral performances to wide-ranging audiences. Combining the classics with edgy contemporary works, the listener is taken on a journey of colorful images and thought provoking textual and musical relationships.

Craig Hella Johnson and Conspirare offer a long awaited and dazzling first recording. The acclaimed 30-voice professional chorus gathers from across the U.S. to rehearse and perform. They have been praised from Austin to San Francisco to New York, with recent concerts at both Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center. At the 2002 ACDA Convention in New York City, Conspirare had a stunning performance that left the crowd in awe.

"Conspirare can do anything, not just in terms of communicating sonorous beauty, but in delivering well-paced, carefully planned emotional punches." Jerry Young - The Austin Chronicle

through the green fuse
Conspirare
Company of Voices
Craig Hella Johnson, Conductor

Track Listing:

1. Spirit Seeking Light and Beauty (:30) : Gaelic hymn [ 1.13 ]
2. There Will Be Rest (:30) : Frank Ticheli - [ 6.09 ]
Alchemy (Donald M. Skirvin)
3. Living Gold - [ 1.29 ]
4. Cups of Fire - [ 2.42 ]
5. Jewelled Blaze (:30) - [ 2.13 ]
6. O Beauty - [ 6.28 ]

7. With Joy We Go Dancing (Einojuhani Rautavarra) - [ 2.54 ]
8. Ruth (Paul Ayres) - [ 4.41 ]

Afro-American Fragments (William Averitt)
9. Song for Billie Holiday (:30) - [ 5.55 ]
10. Feet o'Jesus - [ 1.46 ]
11. Fire - [ 2.24 ]
12. Hard Times Come Again No More (:30) : Stephen Foster, arr Craig Hella Johnson - [ 6.15 ]
13. Deep River (:30) : arr. Anders Paulsson - [ 6.35 ]
14. This Is My Song - Finlandia (Jean Sibelius) - [ 3.16 ]
15. Autumn Flowers (Gordon Binkerd) - [ 11.18 ]
16. Smavinir fagrir (Jon Nordal) - [ 2.25 ]
17. Sleep (:30) : Eric Whitacre - [ 4.21 ]

Total Playing Time - 72.08

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