Shall We Gather at the River
The Choral Music of William Hawley (1950)
Choral Arts, Robert Bode, director
Winner of the American Prize in Choral Performance
William Hawley is a central figure in today's renaissance of American choral music. His treatment of harmony and counterpoint helped to establish compositional trends that have since been adopted by other major figures such as Morten Lauridsen and Eric Whitacre.
Winners of the American Prize and the Margaret Hillis Award, Choral Arts and Robert Bode make a musically persuasive case for the importance of Hawley's choral works.
Beautiful River (“Shall we gather at the river”)
Four Reveries
I. Echo
II. Remembrance
III. My River runs to thee
IV. Meeting at Night
Two Motets
I. Mosella
II. Te vigilans oculis
Tre Rime di Tasso
I. Amor l’ali m’impenna
II. Fuggi, fuggi, dolor
III. Labbra vermiglie e belle
Six Dickinson Settings
I. There came a Day at Summer’s full
II. A Valentine
III. As if the Sea should part
IV. I have a Bird in spring
V. It’s like the Light
VI. On this wondrous sea
Not one sparrow is forgotten (Recessional)
