Voices of Love, Loss, & Unity

Recorded live in concert on May 17, 2008 at the Church of St. Paul & St. Andrew

Jonathan Babcock, Artistic Director
Geoffrey Kiorpes, Principal Accompanist

The Astoria Symphony Orchestra
Silas Huff, Music Director

Nicole Mitchell, mezzo soprano
Matthew Singer, narrator

Tracks

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Disc 1:

1. The Last Words of David (Randall Thompson)
   Jonathan Babcock, Conductor
2. Liebstod (Wagner)
   Astoria Symphony Orchestra
   Silas Huff, conductor
3. Last Letter Home (Lee Hoiby)
   Jonathan Babcock, Conductor
4. A Suvivor from Warsaw (Schoenberg)
   Matthew Singer, narrator
   Jonathan Babcock, Conductor

Disc 2:

1. Queer Hosannas (David Del Tredici)
   World Premiere
   I. Whitmansexual
2. II. Then and Yes
3. III. Carioca Boy
   Andrew Cook-Feltz, Mark Donato, Dan May, Michael Moreno, Bill Powell, solists
   Geoffrey Kiorpes & Marc Peloquin, pianists
   Jonathan Babcock, Conductor
4. David & Jonathan (Stefan Weisman)
   Silas Huff, conductor
5. Rhapsodie Op. 53 (Brahms)
   Nicole Mitchell, mezzo soprano
   Silas Huff, conductor
6. Freimaurerkantate – Laut Verkunde Unsre Freude KV 623 (Mozart)
   Mark Donato, Eric Lawrence, Tom Vaughn, soloists
   Jonathan Babcock, Conductor