David Lang: The National Anthems & The Little Match Girl Passion Los Angeles Master Chorale

• 1 our land with peace 05:22
• 2 our hearts are glowing 02:28
• 3 fame and glory 05:41
• 4 keep us free 04:37
• 5 our common fate 04:53
• 6 Come, daughter 03:24
• 7 It was terribly cold 03:06
• 8 Dearest heart 00:55
• 9 In an old apron 01:17
• 10 Penance and remorse 01:35
• 11 Lights were shining 01:26
• 12 Patience, patience! 00:31
• 13 Ah! perhaps 02:02
• 14 Have mercy, my God 04:31
• 15 She lighted another match 01:23
• 16 From the sixth hour 02:24
• 17 She again rubbed a match 01:38
• 18 When it is time for me to go 02:39
• 19 In the dawn of morning 02:45
• 20 We sit and cry 03:22
• Total Runtime 55:59

Info for David Lang: The National Anthems & The Little Match Girl Passion

The Los Angeles Master Chorale's recording of David Lang's 'the national anthems' is paired with a new recording of his 2008 Pulitzer Prize-winning work 'the little match girl passion,' transforming this hour-long program into a unique panorama of Lang's writing process as it has evolved in recent years. But taken as a whole, the two works also make a lasting statement about our place in the world we share with each other. As Lang himself describes it: ''Both pieces try to use music to show us how we could be or should be better people. 'the national anthems' scours the anthems of all the countries in the world, hoping to find common ground that might allow us to understand each other, across all our artificial boundaries. And 'the little match girl passion' is an attempt to ennoble the idea that it's important for us to notice the suffering of people around us.'' Also featuring the Calder Quartet, lauded by the New York Times as living proof that ''...the time-honored string quartet still provides fertile ground for innovation and surprise.

Los Angeles Master
Calder Quartet
Grant Gershon, direction

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