The Dessoff Choir’s March 6 performance of my Transcendental Sonnets, based on poems by the Transcendentalist poet Jones Very and conducted by James Bagwell, is now up on my web site:
I thought it was the best ensemble performance I’ve had in my life. (It’s the two-piano version, not the orchestral version.)
Bravo!
Very generous of you to post this. Thank you.
Thank you for making this available. I love it.
Just had a listen to all the movements – gotta say the choir and soloists did a great job. The two piano version leaves the voices ‘out there’ and they were up to the challenge.
Very accessible piece – quiet, gentle. Fits the text beautifully.
KG replies: Thanks very much, Paul.
Kyle,
this sounds great. so much easier to hear the intricacies of the chorus (and the intricacies of the lyrics) with the two piano arrangement. though, i admit, i did like those orchestrations (especially in “Faith”)
but this sounds very fresh.
akie
KG replies: Hi, Akie. Yeah, they did a great job. Maybe someday I’ll hear the orchestral version done with this same clarity.