In this episode of the Interlochen Collection, we explore Interlochen student performances of contemporary Choral Music.
On the program is a variety of pieces composed in the 20th and 21st centuries.
Music heard in this episode
- Stephen Hatfield, Ower the Hills: Amazing Grace; Judith Burns/1998 High School Concert Choir (16 August 1998)
- Chen Yi, Distance Can’t Keep Us Two Apart; John Bragle/2017 World Youth Honors Choir (6 August 2017)
- Eric Whitacre, Leonardo Dreams of His Flying Machine; John Bragle/2017 World Youth Honors Choir (6 August 2017)
- Eli Wasserman, A Summer Night; John Bragle/2018 World Youth Honors Choir (5 August 2018)
- Traditional, arr. Chen Yi, Chinese Mountain Songs; John Bragle/Interlochen Arts Academy Soprano & Alto Voice Ensemble (2018-19 Academy Year)
- Gwyneth Walker, I Will Be Earth; John Bragle/Interlochen Arts Academy Soprano & Alto Voice Ensemble (2018-19 Academy Year)
- Jennifer Higdon, Invitation to Love; John Bragle/Interlochen Arts Academy Chamber Singers (2018-19 Academy Year)
- Emma Lou Diemer, Poems of Oscar Wilde; John Bragle/Interlochen Arts Academy Choir (2018-19 Academy Year)
- Gwyneth Walker, The Water is Wide; John Bragle/Interlochen Arts Academy Choir (2019-20 Academy Year)
- Emma Lou Diemer, Three Madrigals; John Bragle/Interlochen Arts Academy Choir (2019-20 Academy Year)
The archival recordings heard on this program are available thanks in part to The Association for Recorded Sound Collections' Classical Music Preservation Grant, support from IPR listeners, and the Hamer D. and Phyllis C. Shafer Foundation.
Michael Culler and Stefan Wiebe provided audio engineering assistance.
Anastasia Scholze provided research and production support.
