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Wake Ev'ry Breath Psalm Tunes, Anthems, Canons, and Fuging-Tunes by WILLIAM BILLINGS (1746–1800)
Wake Ev'ry Breath Psalm Tunes, Anthems, Canons, and Fuging-Tunes
by WILLIAM BILLINGS (1746–1800) of the Revolutionary Era, 1775-1795
by William Appling Singers & Orchestra
William Appling, conductor
New World Records 80539-2
ISBN: 0-917024-03-6
WEBP-cd $15.00







Contents:

1. Wake Ev'ry Breath
2. Africa
3. Mourn, Mourn
4. New Boston / Hingham
5. I am the Rose of Sharon
6. Retrospect
7. Chester / America
8. Euroclydon
9. Chesterfield
10. Creation
11. Cobham
12. Jordan
13. As the Hart Panteth

This live recording was made on October 7, 1996, the 250th anniversary of William Billings's birth, at a concert given by the William Appling Singers & Orchestra in New York City's Christ & St. Stephen's Episcopal Church. The William Appling Singers & Orchestra is a select company of professional musicians performing choral works of all periods and styles, particularly the music of today's American composers. The ensemble has appeared at, among other venues, Alice Tully Hall, the Bard Music Festival, Severence Hall, and the Blossom Music Center, and has premiered works by many composers including Richard Hundley, Donald Erb, Hale Smith, and Richard Wilson. Founder and conductor William Appling has been acclaimed as "a remarkable choral conductor" (The Nation) and for his "decisive podium leadership" (Cleveland Plain Dealer), and the musicians have won praise for their exciting, sensitive performances, technical mastery, and sophisticated musicianship.