A New England Requiem: Sacred Choral Music by Scott Perkins

Featuring

Jasmine Gish
Tom Mueller
Brett Alan Judson
Joe Twist
Luc Kleiner
Da Capo Chamber Choir

Da Capo Chamber Players
Scott Perkins

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Performer Biography

Members of the Da Capo Players, who perform on this album, have played with famous artists such as Elton John, Yo-Yo Ma, and Kanye West, and appeared on TV shows like The Tonight Show.

Recording & Production

The recording for this album took place at St. Edmund's Episcopal Church in San Marino, CA, chosen for its natural reverberation and excellent organ.

Performer Biography

Brett Alan Judson, the conductor for all pieces on this disc, commissioned three of the communion motets featured on the album from composer Scott Perkins.

Compositional Technique

'A New England Requiem' combines traditional Roman mass texts for the dead with poems by New England writers like Emily Dickinson and Nathaniel Hawthorne, aiming to bring comfort to the living.

Composition History

The album's crowning work, 'A New England Requiem', was commissioned by Lars Gjerde and the music ministry at Bethesda Lutheran Church in New Haven, Connecticut.

Composer's Artistic Vision

Composer Scott Perkins' album features sacred choral works focusing on themes of praise or peace, many of which were commissioned by various groups and congregations.

Recording & Production

For this recording, the choir and orchestra were placed facing each other, with microphones positioned between them to give the choir a prominent presence.