Lang/Hearne/Lash: Statements
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DAVID LANG / TED HEARNE / HANNAH LASH
Lang/Hearne/Lash: Statements
Yale Choral Artists and Philharmonia, Jeffrey Douma
[ Naxos American Classics / CD ]
Release Date: Friday 23 February 2018
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Yale Choral Artists has rapidly established itself as one of the most innovative professional choirs in the world, and its recordings of works by three Yale composers showcase the breadth of contemporary American choral music. They include the powerful statement to the court by David Lang, whose the little match girl passion won the Pulitzer Prize for Music. Ted Hearne's Consent uses four disparate texts in a complex personal exploration of the role of language in his life, while Hannah Lash's Requiem is an expression of sorrow framed through a re-translation of the Latin text.
"Consent" is a powerful indictment of patriarchal abuse and the subtle and unsubtle ways in which misogyny still proliferates.
The strength of the work comes from Hearne's mastery of vocal blend and rhythmic precision, executed adroitly by the Yale Choral Artists and its founding director, Douma. What makes "Consent" impossible to ignore is the tension between the beauty of Hearne's music and the uncomfortable thematic questions raised by the texts. This dynamic is best encapsulated in the composition's final line, a simple yet stunning rhetorical challenge to the listener: "Who gives this woman?" Opera News Critic's Choice
Tracks:
Lang:
statement to the court
Hearne:
Consent
Lash:
Requiem
