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December Celebration

New American carols -
heard by
KEITH BRAMICH

'... this collection of new works is interesting and different.'

December Celebration - New Carols by Seven American Composers. © 2015 Pentatone Music BV

Dutch label Pentatone's December Celebration SACD features new carols and sets of carols by seven living American composers. Inspired by Gordon Getty's contemporary carols, Pentatone invited 'a group of American composers to celebrate the season in music', with Pentatone's season specifically including Hanukkah, the winter solstice, Christmas and New Year's Eve.

Mark Adamo, born in Philadelphia in 1962, studied at New York University and at the Catholic University of America in Washington DC. He is professor of composition at New York University's Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development...

Copyright © 23 December 2015 Keith Bramich,
Worcestershire UK

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DECEMBER CELEBRATION - NEW CAROLS BY AMERICAN COMPOSERS

A E HOUSMAN

EMILY DICKINSON

JOHN CORIGLIANO

CALIFORNIA

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

CHORAL MUSIC

ORCHESTRAL MUSIC

VOCAL MUSIC

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