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Boston Modern Orchestra Project;Providence Singers;Andrew Clark
Lukas Foss: The Prairie
Genre: Classical

Track Listings (9) - Disc #1
1. I. I Was Born On The Prairie
2. II. Dust of Men
3. III. They Are Mine
4. IV. When The Red And The White Men Met
5. V. In The Dark of A Thousand Years
6. VIa. Cool Prayers
7. VIb. O Prairie Girl
8. VIc. Songs Hidden In Eggs
9. VII. To-Morrow

CD Details

All Artists: Boston Modern Orchestra Project;Providence Singers;Andrew Clark
Title: Lukas Foss: The Prairie
Members Wishing: 2
Total Copies: 0
Label: BMOP/sound
Original Release Date: 1/1/2008
Re-Release Date: 11/11/2008
Album Type: Hybrid SACD - DSD
Genre: Classical
Styles: Opera & Classical Vocal, Symphonies
Number of Discs: 1
SwapaCD Credits: 1
UPC: 656605877921

Synopsis

Product Description

Lukas Foss's "The Prairie" is a secular oratorio based on Carl Sandburg's epic poem of the same name. Drawing upon Sandburg's journey through the landscape and lives of the Midwest in the 1900's, Foss has embarked on a journey of his own, creating an iconic work of American classical music that embodies the hardships and optimism that defined a generation of men and women braving industrialization in America. Offering eloquent performances by Elizabeth Weigle, Gigi Mitchell-Velasco, Frank Kelley, Aaron Engebreth, the Providence Singers, and the Boston Modern Orchestra Project, this recording beautifully captures the elegant and equally imaginative language of Lukas Foss.

CD Reviews

Spellbinding.

James Buechele | Houston | 01/02/2009

(5 out of 5 stars)

"A remarkable and important work, a stunning tribute to the midwest "The Prairie," is composed by Lucas Foss, to words excerpted from Carl Sandburg's "Cornhuskers" poetic opus. Thanks to the incredibly talented Providence Singers, and other artists of the Boston Modern Orchestra Project (BMOP), this grand work is widely accessible again to the public (I am aware of only one prior LP recording of this composition). For those of us who have lived and worked on the prairie, Sandburg's words carry an association with the grandeur of expansive sunsets, free, clear skies and flowing waves of wind on abundant fields. In expanding and coloring the sense of the poetry of Carl Sandburg, Lucas Foss has succeeded to an immortal achievement. It is a pleasure not to be denied, a keepsake."