Elena Ruehr - Averno
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Label: Avie
Cat No: AV2263
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Vocal/Choral
Release Date: 24th September 2012
Contents
Artists
Marguerite Krull (soprano)Stephen Salters (baritone)
Trinity Choir
Novus NY
Conductor
Julian WachnerWorks
AvernoCricket, Spider, Bee
Gospel Cha Cha
Artists
Marguerite Krull (soprano)Stephen Salters (baritone)
Trinity Choir
Novus NY
Conductor
Julian WachnerAbout
The title work, Averno, is a cantata that sets 11 poems of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Glück’s collection of the same name, which is a retelling of the story of Demeter, goddess of the earth, and her daughter Persephone. Ruehr’s score deftly conjures ancient themes in a modern idiom.
The miniatures Cricket, Spider, Bee paint a vivid, aural picture of Dickinson’s scenic natural world. The large scale Gospel Cha Cha sets Langston Hughes’ expansive and socially critical late poetry, evoking African dances and drumming, and the Harlem Renaissance of the 1960s with improvisatory flair.
The works are performed by acclaimed New York-based Trinity Choir under their dynamic Music Director Julian Wachner, and Trinity’s new music ensemble Novus NY. The superb soloists are soprano Marguerite Krull and baritone Stephen Salters.
Elena Ruehr studied at the University of Michigan and The Juilliard School. She composed Averno while a fellow at Harvard’s Radcliffe Institute. She was composer-in-residence of the Boston Modern Orchestra Project. Her oeuvre includes works for chamber ensemble, orchestra, chorus, wind ensemble, instrumental solo, opera, dance and silent film. Since 1991, Dr. Ruehr has taught at MIT.
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