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Phoenix Chorale’s third album for Signum Classics, Christopher Gabbitas and the Phoenix Chorale present ‘Promised Land’ – a new album that surveys two and a half centuries of American choral music, from African American spirituals and Shaker hymns to works by Eric Whitacre, Caroline Shaw, and Frank Ticheli. Arrangements by Alice Parker, Shawn Kirchner, Moses Hogan and others sit alongside original compositions, unified by themes of freedom, longing, and collective resilience. Voices long overlooked by history, among them Shaker eldress Hannah Cohoon and nineteenth-century songwriter Matilda Durham, are restored to the concert repertoire in this rich and purposefully programmed celebration of America’s choral heritage in it’s 250th anniversary year.
Watch these excerpts to learn more:
Composer-in-Residence Interview: Christopher Gabbitas and Jennifer Lucy Cook
2023 Live Performance: and the swallow
2023 Live Performance: lo dello: the dance
2023 Live Performance: Promised Land
2023 Live Performance: Star of Columbia
2020 Live Performance: The Road Home
Track Listing
Unclouded Day J. K. Atwood, arr. Shawn Kirchner
Earth Song Frank Ticheli
Beauty and Blessing Alice Parker
Shenandoah American Folksong arr. James Erb
and the swallow Caroline Shaw
Star of Columbia Matilda Durham, arr. Jennifer Lucy Cook
lo dello: the dance Hannah Cohoon, arr. Jennifer Lucy Cook
Promised Land Matilda Durham, arr. Jennifer Lucy Cook
All Seems Beautiful to Me Eric Whitacre
Bright Morning Stars Traditional, arr. Alice Parker
Witness Traditional African American Spiritual, arr. Jack Halloran
This Little Light of Mine Traditional Spiritual, arr. Moses Hogan
Great God Almighty! Work Song arr. Stacey V. Gibbs
Webster Southern Harmony, arr. Carol Barnett
Peace Traditional Shaker, arr. Kevin Siegfried
McKay S. M. Denton, arr. Carol Barnett
Lay Me Low Traditional Shaker, arr. Kevin Siegfried
The Road Home Southern Harmony, adapted by Stephen Paulus
Hallelujah William Walker, arr. Shawn Kirchner