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: Prelude ()
1-1: Bugle Calls: Reveille ()
1-2: Hymn #1: Recessional ()
: Part One - Family Portrait ()
1-3: Recitative: John's Birth ()
1-4: Duet: Lullaby For John ()
1-5: Recitative: John's Destiny - "My Attention Is At Present Take Up..." ()
1-6: Duet: John Grows Up ()
1-7: Aria: If ()
: Part Two - The Gathering Storm ()
1-8: Recitative: August 4, 1914 ()
1-9: Scena: At A Recruiting Rally - For All We Have And Are - 1914 ()
1-10: Recitative: John's Commission ()
1-11: Recitative: "...There Is Nothing Else To Do." ()
1-12: Lament #1: "The Young Men Of The World..." ()
1-13: Aria (Chaconne) + Recitative: Carrie's Farewell - Son ()
1-14: March #1: The Call ()
: Part Three - The Battle Of Loos ()
1-15: Aria With Chorus: John Kipling's Final Letter: "Just A Hurried Line..." ()
1-16: Soldiers Song #1: Bombed Last Night ()
1-17: Aria With Chorus: Secret Music ()
1-18: Soldiers Song #2: Take Me Back To Dear Old Blighty ()
1-19: Soldiers Song #3: Just Before The Battle, Mother ()
1-20: Chorale #1: Soldier's Dream - "I Dreamed Kind Jesus Fouled The Big Gun Gears..." ()
1-21: Scena For Chorus + Tenor: The Attack (Over The Top) ()
1-22: John's Death ()
1-23: Chorale #2: "The Dead Men Lay On The Shell-scarred Plain..." ()
1-24: Interlude: "I Knew A Simple Soldier Boy..." ()
1-25: Soldiers' Song #4: The Old Barbed Wire ()
1-26: Chorus With Recitative - "They Shall Not Return To Us..." ()
1-27: Choral Recitative: The Telegram ()
1-28: Reprise: For All We Have And Are ()
: Part Four - Lost & Found ()
2-1: The Search For John Begins (1915) ()
2-2: Carol And Recitative: A Nativity - "Is It Well With The Child?" ()
2-3: The Search For John Continues (1916) ()
2-4: Chorale #3: Advent, 1916 - "I Dreamt Last Night Christ Came To Earth Again..." ()
2-5: Recitative With Chorus: The Search For John Concludes (1917) ()
2-6: Soliloquy: The Question ()
2-7: Duet: Perhaps ()
: Part Five - Armistice & Aftermath ()
2-8: Recitative With Chorus: The Armistice (November 11, 1918) ()
2-9: March #2: Return Of The Irish Guards ()
2-10: Hymn #2: Survivors ()
2-11: Lament #2: The Children ()
2-12: Interlude: Statistics ()
2-13: Waltz: Does It Matter? ()
2-14: Recitative: John Officially Declared Dead (June 10, 1919) ()
: Part Six - Reconciliation & Remembrance ()
2-15: Lament #3: "All That They Had They Gave..." ()
2-16: Recitative: "I Have Lost What I Treasured Most..." ()
2-17: Chorale #4: On Another's Sorrow ("Can I See Another's Woe?") ()
2-18: Scena: The Cenotaph (November 11, 1919) ()
2-19: Aria: Epitaph - "Remember Me..." ()
2-20: Closing Chorus: "I Am The Grass..." ()
2-21: Remembrance Tapestry: "We Will Remember Them" () |
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2 |
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| Description: | In this new major work John Muchleisen explores the costs of war from the point of view of the families left behind- specifically the loss of Rudyard and Carrie Kipling's son John during World War I. Robert Bode directs Choral Arts Northwest in a live performance of this moving new work. John Muchleisen's compositions have been performed throughout North America, Europe, and Asia. More than 40 of his works have been recorded commercially. Awards include third place in the 2013 American Prize in Professional Choral Composition and the 2014 Dale Warland Singers Comission Award co-sponsored by Chorus America and the American Composers Forum. Choral Arts Northwest, under the direction of Dr. Robert Bode, has won the Margaret Hillis Award for Choral Excellence and the American Prize for choral performance. The group has also been awarded coveted performing opportunities at the ACDA National and Regional Conferences, and the Chorus America National Conference. |
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G49320-21 |
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