Ars Nova Singers

Specializing in a cappella music of the Renaissance and the 20th and 21st centuries, the Ars Nova Singers of Boulder, Colorado are presenting their 22nd concert season in 2007-2008. The semi-professional ensemble conducted by founding Artistic Director Thomas Edward Morgan is composed of 40 selectively auditioned choral musicians from the Denver/Boulder metropolitan region. In its history, the Ars Nova Singers has presented over 250 performances of more than 100 different concert programs.

The ensemble has received significant national recognition: the Aaron Copland Fund for Music selected the Ars Nova Singers for funding in 2003 and 2004. The Performing Ensembles program of the Copland Fund supports organizations whose performances encourage and improve public knowledge and appreciation of serious contemporary American music. The ensemble has also been funded by the Chorus Program of National Endowment for the Arts. The musical accomplishments of the ensemble range from performances of the complete Responsoria by the eccentric late Renaissance composer Carlo Gesualdo to the premiere of new works by many Colorado and other American composers. In September, 2002 the ensemble premiered a major new work, I Heard a Voice, composed by Thomas Edward Morgan and New York visual artist Lesley Dill. The project has subsequently been presented internationally: in June of 2003, the Ars Nova Singers performed the piece at the Evergreen Cultural Centre in Coquitlam, British Columbia.

The choir has participated in numerous commissioning and new music projects, performing new works by Libby Larsen, Stephen Paulus, Luis Jorge González, Jan Gilbert, R. Anthony Lee, and Terry Schlenker. The ensemble has recently joined in a consortium commission of the 2005 Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Steven Stucky. The Ars Nova Singers have been heard in radio broadcasts throughout the United States, Canada, South America, Australia, Japan, and Europe, including such National Public Radio programs as The First Art, Music from the Hearts of Space, and locally on Colorado Spotlight and Colorado Matters.

Discography

All Sky

Songs from the Japanese: - Stephen Paulus All Sky - Stephen Paulus Gentle Breezes - Stephen Paulus An Ocean of Clouds - Stephen Paulus Water Night - Eric Whitacre Acrostic Song - David Del Tredici La Rose Complete - Morton Lauridsen O Verbum Patris - Frank Ferko O Vos Angeli - Frank Ferko Lux Aeterna - Edwin Lissinger The Great "O" Anthiphons: - R. Anthony Lee 0 Emmanuel - R. Anthony Lee 0 Sapienta - R. Anthony Lee 0 Radix Jesse - R. Anthony Lee 0 Adonai - R. Anthony Lee 0 Clavis David - R. Anthony Lee 0 Rex gentium - R. Anthony Lee 0 Oriens - R. Anthony Lee 0 Emmanuel - R. Anthony Lee

The Ars Nova Singers of Boulder Colorado is composed of 40 selectively auditioned, mixed-voice, semi-professional choral musicians from the Denver/Boulder metropolitan area, specializing in a cappella music of the Renaissance and the 20th and 21st centuries. Founded by artistic director and conductor Thomas Edward Morgan, 2007-8 is their 22nd concert season. They have given over 250 performances of more than 100 different concert programs. The nationally-renowned ensemble brings us a fine collection of 17 New American Choral Works, including 3 haunting, surreal "Songs from the Japanese" by Stephen Paulus (the title tune, "Gentle Breezes" and "An Ocean of Clouds"), Eric Whitacre's soaring "Water Night," David Del Tredici's lovely "Acrostic Song," Lauridsen's "La Rose Complete," a pair by Frank Ferko, "O Verbum Patris" and "O Vos Angeli," and Edwin Lissinger's ringing chant, "Fux Aeterna." The final 8 cuts are R. Anthony Lee's "The Great 'O' Anthiphons," "O Emmanuel," "O Sapientia," "O Radix Jesse" etc, These are beautiful, memorable chanted prayers to God. A powerful, beautifully-sung collection!

Soundscapes: Music from Colorado and Beyond

Three Haiku: - Thomas Edward Morgan I The moon passes wetward - Thomas Edward Morgan II The moon in the water - Thomas Edward Morgan III The temple bell stops - Thomas Edward Morgan Agnus Dei - Antoine Brumel Two Motets: - Terry Schlenker -Sicut Rosa - Terry Schlenker -O magnum mysterium - Terry Schlenker Hear My Prayer, O Lord - Henry Percell / Sven-David Sandstrom Jesu dulcis memoria - R. Anthony Lee Bach (Again) Chorale: Wer hat dich so geschlagen - Edwin London Like This - Luis Jorge Gonzalez Suo Gan - Thomas Edward Morgan Konstateringer - Pelle Gudmundsen-Holmgreen The Ash Grove - Thomas Edward Morgan Suite de Lorca: - Einojuhani Rautavaara -Cancion de jinete (Song of the Horseman) - Einojuhani Rautavaara -El Grito (The Scream) - Einojuhani Rautavaara -La luna asoma (The Moon Rises) - Einojuhani Rautavaara -Malaguena (Song of Malaga) - Einojuhani Rautavaara Irish Tune from County Derry - Percy Grainger

Ars Nova brings us a striking collection of 18 tunes. Favorites are 3 Polyphonic pieces written by director Morgan, "Three Haiku," followed by Antoine Burmel's "Agnus Dei," "Two Motets" by Terry Schlenker, R. Anthony Lee's "Jesu ducis memoria," Edwin London's "Bach (Again) Chorale: Wer hat dich so geschlagen," "Konstateringer" by Pelle Gudmundsen-Homgreen, "The Ash Grove" (arranged by Morgan), the 4-part "Suite de Lorca" by Einojuhani Rautavaara" and "Irish Tune from County Derry" arranged by Percy Grainger. A beautiful, varied collection by Ars Nova.

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Luminescence: Music for Many Voices

Spem in alium - Thomas Tallis Meditations of Li Po - Stephen Paulus ...and even my soul remains quiet - Stephen Paulus I lift my eyes to watch the mountain moon - Stephen Paulus ...and now the last cloud drains away - Stephen Paulus Images from Thoreau - Thomas Edward Morgan water into the earth - Thomas Edward Morgan the hollow mansions - Thomas Edward Morgan Lux aeterna - Gyorgy Ligeti Ecce beatam lucem - Alessandro Striggio

Boulder, CO's 40-strong, mixed-voice Choral ensemble 8 works by 5 composers of Polyphonic works, two from the Renaissance, Thomas Tallis' "Spem in alium" and Alessandro Striggio's "Ecce beaatam lucem," both motets for 40 voices; Stephen Paulus' 3-part "Meditations of Li Po," conductor Thomas Edward Morgan's "Images from Thoreau" (for 40 voices); and Georgy Ligeti's "Lux aeterna" (for 16-part chorus). There is a stunning photo of the Northern Lights on the cover of "Luminescence," and what we hear is the musical equivalent of this beautiful, haunting show.

A Shadow and a Dream

O viridissima virga - Hildegard of Bingen Tristis est anima mea - Carlo Gesualdo Lay a Garland - Robert Lucas Pearsall Magnificat - Arvo Part Requiem: - Herbert Howells -Salvator mundi - Herbert Howells -Psalm 23 - Herbert Howells -Requiem aeternam I - Herbert Howells -Psalm 121 - Herbert Howells -Requiem aeternam II - Herbert Howells -I heard a voice from heaven - Herbert Howells Ikon of St. Cuthbert of Lindisfarne - John Tavener Song for Athene - John Tavener

Founder Thomas Edward Morgan directs his talented, Boulder-based, mixed-voice ensemble in a program of classical a cappella religious pieces. These 12 songs begin with Hildegard of Bingen's (1098-1179) haunting "O viridissima virga," Carlo Gesualdo's (1561-1613) "Tristis est anima mea," and Robert Pearsall's (1795-1856) soaring "Lay a Garland." Following are contemporary works by Arvo Part, "Magnificat," Herbert Howells' beautiful 6-part "Requiem" and two wonderful pieces by John Tavener, "Ikon of St. Cuthbert of Lindisfarne" and "Song for Athene." Ars Nova has built their fine national and international reputation on performing beautiful, difficult Choral works like these, flawlessly!

Blue True Dream

Chichester Mass: - William Albright Prayer after the Kanon (from Kanon Pokajanen) - Arvo Part Bogoroditse Djevo - Arvo Part Summa - Arvo Part Solfeggio - Arvo Part i thank You God - Eric Whitacre Two Poems of e.e. cummings: - Thomas Edward Morgan -o purple finch -when god lets my body be Trees: - Lars Johan Werle -!blac - Lars Johan Werle -trees - Lars Johan Werle -(sitting in a tree-) - Lars Johan Werle -now all the fingers - Lars Johan Werle Wind Song - Bruce Stark

40 mixed-voice, Boulder, CO-based ensemble Ars Nova, specializing in a cappella music of the Renaissance and the 20th and 21st centuries, bring us another strikingly different collection. The 17 tunes begin with Wm. Albright's 5-part "Chichester Mass," 4 by Arvo Part," "Prayer after the Kanon," "Bogoroditse Djevo," "Summa" and "Solfeggio;" the lovely "i thank you God" by Eric Whitacre, conductor and founder Thomas Morgan's "Two Poems of e.e. cummings, the Polyphonic "o purple finch" and "when god lets my body be;" Lars Johan Werle's 4-part "trees" and Bruce Stark's "Wind Song."

Rachmaninoff Vespers

Come, Let Us Worship Bless the Lord, O My Soul Blessed is the Man Gladsome Light Lord, Now Lettest Thou Rejoice, O Virgin The Lesser Doxology Praise the Name of the Lord Blessed Art Thou, O Lord Having Beheld the Resurrection of Christ My Soul Magnifies the Lord Glory to God in the Highest The Troparion "Today Salvation Has Come" The Troparion "Thou Didst Rise from the Tomb" To Thee, the Victorious Leader

The Boulder-based 40 mixed-voice ensemble Ars Nova focuses on a sacred a cappella work by Sergei Rachmaninoff (1872-1943), the 15-part "Vespers (All-Night Vigil, op.37)." "Come, Let Us Worship," "Bless the Lord, O My Soul," "Gladsome Light," "Lord, Now Lettest Thou," "Rejoice, O Virgin"…these are all lovely, classic spiritual works, beautifully performed by the renowned Ars Nova. There are some church bells here, but mostly wonderfully harmonic a cappella! .

Midwinter

Suo Gan - Morgan A Welcome Song - Gustav Holst Once in Royal David's City - Bird A Boy Was Born - Benjamin Britten Hodie Christus Natus Est - William Mathias Sweet was the Song the Virgin Sang There is no Rose - John Joubert So Blessedly It Sprung - Libby Larsen Wassail Song - Paulus Ave Maris Stella - Trond Kverno Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day - Grotenhuis Little Tree - Steve Heitzig The First Nowell - Paulus Tyrle, Tyrlow - Healy Willan All My Hear This Night Rejoices - Morgan

Choral ensemble Ars Nova brings us a beautiful, moving Christmas album, recorded live in concert. 15 songs, beginning with a lovely "Welsh lullaby" and the traditional hymn "Once in Royal David's City;" Benjamin Britten's powerful "A Boy Was Born," Wm. Mathias' "Hodie Christus natus est," John Joubert's "There is no Rose," the traditional carol "Wassail Song," Trond Kverno's sweet "Ave maris Stella," the traditional English carol "Tomorrow shall be my dancing day," Steve Heitzigs' "little tree," "The First Nowell" (arranged by Stephen Paulus), Healey Willan's joyous "Tyrle, Tyrlow" and "German Carol." There is some light accompaniment. Another finely-crafted winner by Ars Nova!

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