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

• 1our land with peace05:22
• 2our hearts are glowing02:28
• 3fame and glory05:41
• 4keep us free04:37
• 5our common fate04:53
• 6Come, daughter03:24
• 7It was terribly cold03:06
• 8Dearest heart00:55
• 9In an old apron01:17
• 10Penance and remorse01:35
• 11Lights were shining01:26
• 12Patience, patience!00:31
• 13Ah! perhaps02:02
• 14Have mercy, my God04:31
• 15She lighted another match01:23
• 16From the sixth hour02:24
• 17She again rubbed a match01:38
• 18When it is time for me to go02:39
• 19In the dawn of morning02:45
• 20We sit and cry03:22
• Total Runtime55:59

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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