| Description |
3 audio discs (2 hr., 17 min., 11 sec.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.. |
| Playing Time |
021711 |
| Series |
American classics |
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American classics (Naxos (Sound recording label))
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| Note |
"A musical illumination of the poems of William Blake"--Insert. |
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Compact discs. |
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Program notes and texts in English (39 p. : ports.) inserted in container. |
| Performer |
Christine Brewer, Measha Brueggergosman, Ilana Davidson, Linda Hohenfeld, Carmen Pelton, sopranos ; Joan Morris, mezzo-soprano ; Marietta Simpson, contralto ; Thomas Young, tenor ; Nmon Ford, baritone ; Nathan Lee Graham, speaker/vocals ; Tommy Morgan, harmonica ; Peter "Madcat" Ruth, harmonica and vocals ; Jeremy Kittel, fiddle ; University Musical Society ; University of Michigan School of Music Symphony Orchestra ; Leonard Slatkin, conductor. |
| Event |
Live concert recorded Apr. 9-10, 2004, Hill Audtiorium, University of Michigan. |
| Contents |
Disc 1: -- Songs of innocence. Part I. Introduction ; The ecchoing [sic] green ; The lamb -- The shepherd ; Infant joy ; The little black boy -- Part II. Laughing song ; Spring ; A cradle song ; Nurse's song ; Holy Thursday ; The blossom ; Interlude ; The chimney sweeper ; The divine image -- Part III. Nocturne ; Night ; A dream ; On another's sorrow ; The little boy lost ; The little boy found ; Coda. Disc 2: -- Songs of experience, Volume I. Part I. Introduction ; Hear the voice of the bard ; Interlude ; Earth's answer -- Part II. Nurse's song ; The fly ; The tyger ; The little girl lost ; In the southern clime ; The little girl found -- Part III. The clod and the pebble ; The little vagabond ; Holy Thursday ; A poison tree ; The angel ; The sick rose ; To Tirzah. Disc 3: -- Songs of experience, Volume II. Part IV. The voice of the ancient bard ; My pretty rose tree ; Ah! Sun-flower ; The lilly [sic] -- Part V. Introduction to part V ; The garden of love ; A little boy lost ; A little girl lost ; Infant sorrow ; Vocalise -- Part VI. London ; The school-boy ; The chimney sweeper ; The human abstract -- Interlude: voces clamandae ; A divine image. |
| Language |
Sung in English. |
| Note |
GMD: sound recording. |
| Subject |
Choruses, Secular (Mixed voices) with orchestra.
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Blake, William, 1757-1827 -- Musical settings.
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| Added Author |
Blake, William, 1757-1827.
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Brewer, Christine, 1960- Performer.
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Brueggergosman, Measha. Performer.
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Davidson, Ilana. Performer.
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Hohenfeld, Linda. Performer.
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Pelton, Carmen. Performer.
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Morris, Joan, 1943- Performer.
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Simpson, Marietta. Performer.
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Young, Thomas, 1962- Performer.
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Ford, Nmon. Performer.
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Graham, Nathan Lee. Performer.
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Morgan, Tommy, 1932-2022. Performer.
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Ruth, Madcat. Performer.
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Kittel, Jeremy. Performer.
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Slatkin, Leonard. Conductor.
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University of Michigan. University Musical Society. Performer.
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University of Michigan. Symphony Orchestra. Performer.
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| Standard No. |
636943921623 |
| Music No. |
8.559216-18 (set) Naxos |
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8.559216 (disc 1) Naxos |
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8.559217 (disc 2) Naxos |
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8.559218 (disc 3) Naxos |
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