Bowers-Broadbent - Philip Glass, Another Look at Harmony Part IV (2008)

CHOIR OF THE 21th CENTURY

Philip Glass, Another Look at Harmony

Somm Recordings SOMMCD 072

1. Opening Section: choral plainchant in minims
2. Choral plainchant elaborated with quaver movement
3. Harmonic and rhythmic exploration, leading to -
4. Oscillating and repeated chords; then new melodic line added
5. Organ interlude on C pedal with gentle cross-rhythms
6. Choral re-entry in repeated sequences with organ obligato
7. Final section - choir & organ with shifting harmonic roots

CHOIR OF THE 21st CENTURY
Christopher Bowers-Broadbent, organ
Howard Williams, conductor