Portland State University Chamber Choir: Works of Johanson / Svoboda / Brotons / Singh / Suderberg / Dinerstein
Portland State University Chamber Choir, Bruce Browne (conductor)
Pacific Northwest composers sing not with one voice but with many, as this collection of choral music demonstrates. While five of the six composers represented here have a close connection tot he Northwest, their music is as different as the peaks of the Cascade Mountains. Four of them - Bryan Johanson, Salvador Brotons, Tomas Svoboda and Vijay Singh - all live in Portland, Oregon and make up the composition faculty in the Department of Music at Portland State University. However, their compositional styles range from affirming, tonal sonorities to exuberant folk melodies of Eastern Europe. The Portland State University Chamber Choir was formed in 1975. Its conductor, Bruce Browne, is professor of music and chairs the vocal-choral department there.
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| Title | Composer | Performer |
|---|---|---|
| Les Quatre Estacions | Salvador Brotons | Portland State University Chamber Choir, Bruce Browne, conductor |
| The Grove | Salvador Brotons | Portland State University Chamber Choir, Bruce Browne, conductor |
| When David Heard | Norman Dinerstein | Portland State University Chamber Choir, Bruce Browne, conductor |
| Liquid Music | Bryan Johanson | Portland State University Chamber Choir, Bruce Browne, conductor |
| O Magnum Mysterium | Bryan Johanson | Portland State University Chamber Choir, Bruce Browne, conductor |
| Ave Maria | Bryan Johanson | Portland State University Chamber Choir, Bruce Browne, conductor |
| A Glimpse of Snow and Evergreen | Vijay Singh | Portland State University Chamber Choir, Bruce Browne, conductor |
| Sanctus | Robert Suderberg | Portland State University Chamber Choir, Bruce Browne, conductor |
| Chorale Without Words | Tomas Svoboda | Portland State University Chamber Choir, Bruce Browne, conductor |
| Cernohorska Fugue | Tomas Svoboda | Portland State University Chamber Choir, Bruce Browne, conductor |
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"All the composers but one on the program have had experience (past or present) teaching in the Pacific Northwest. All work in a relatively conservative idiom: tonal, lyrical, romantic. All the pieces are eminently singable.The performances by the Portland State University Chamber Choir under Bruce Browne are polished and committed. I salute them for the obvious hard work and devotion that they've given to all these works. Sonics overall are good for the recording. This is a nice slice of contemporary Americana, particularly worthwhile for the Dinerstein."
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