Locklair: Orchestral Music
Jozef Zsapka (guitar), Gregory D'Agostino (organ), Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Kirk Trevor (conductor)
Dan Locklair, a native of Charlotte, North Carolina, holds a Master of Sacred Music degree from the School of Sacred Music of Union Theological Seminary in New York City and a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the Eastman School of Music. Presently, he is Composer-in-Residence and Professor of Music at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. In its centennial year, Dr. Locklair was named 1996 AGO Composer of the Year by the American Guild of Organists, a distinguished honor awarded yearly to an American composer who has not only enriched the organ repertoire, but who has also made significant contributions to symphonic and concert music. His 1995 composition, Since Dawn (A Tone Poem for Narrator, Chorus and Orchestra based on Maya Angelou's On the Pulse of Morning), is the first musical setting of Maya Angelou's well-known and important poem commissioned for the 1993 Inauguration of President Clinton.
Track Listing
| Title | Composer | Performer |
|---|---|---|
| Hues | Dan Locklair | Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Kirk Trevor, conductor |
| Dayspring | Dan Locklair | Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Kirk Trevor, conductor, Jozef Zsapka, guitar |
| In the Autumn Days | Dan Locklair | Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Kirk Trevor, conductor |
| Creation's Seeing Order | Dan Locklair | Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Kirk Trevor, conductor |
| Ere long we shall see... | Dan Locklair | Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Kirk Trevor, conductor, Gregory D'Agostino, organ |
| When Morning Stars | Dan Locklair | Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, Kirk Trevor, conductor |
Reviews
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"This work is a significant release...[Locklair] is an original voice in American music whose works deserve to be heard far and wide..."
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