This New Music Friday, Navona and Ravello Records present choral, chamber, and orchestral works that span a variety of genres and moods, from reflections on our culture and political landscape to musical settings of emotionally complex poetry and more.
Dive in and discover new music from The Crossing, Linda Wiley, Art Gottschalk, Frank Clark, and Lee Hinkle.
MOTION STUDIES
The Crossing, Justine F. Chen, Nicholas Cline
The Crossing, conducted by Donald Nally, returns to Navona Records with MOTION STUDIES: Justine Chen’s Shallow Breath and Stealth and Nicholas Cline’s watersheds. A multi-GRAMMY® winning ensemble, The Crossing continually proves itself to be at the forefront of new choral literature and performance. MOTION STUDIES is a release not to be missed.
FOUR SONATAS FOR FLUTE AND PIANO
Linda Wiley
Virtuoso Linda Wiley performs four flute sonatas from 19th and 20th century composers on FOUR SONATAS FOR FLUTE AND PIANO. The album fulfills her aspiration to record pieces that are both challenging and also personally meaningful to her. These include works by composers Francis Poulenc, Jindřich Feld, César Franck, and Arthur Gottschalk.
THREE SONGS TO POEMS
Frank Clark
The pieces on THREE SONGS TO POEMS illuminate the reflections of a son whose mother suffers from dementia, the joys of becoming a father, as well as the healing of an emotionally neglected child. Heart-wrenchingly performed by tenor Johnnie Felder and pianist Winifred Goodwin, this set of songs is bound to leave a lasting impression.
MODERN AMERICAN PERCUSSION CONCERTI
Lee Hinkle
Whether on marimba, drumset, or any percussive tool between, Lee Hinkle shines in the seven-year cumulation of a monumental musical undertaking, coming together as MODERN AMERICAN PERCUSSION CONCERTI. The Penn’s Woods Festival Orchestra, the University of Maryland Wind Orchestra, and the Penn State University Wind Ensemble perform alongside Hinkle in this release.
