Christopher Fox: A Glimpse of Sion's Glory

Choral works by Christopher Fox with the common theme of Puritanism, Liberty and dissent: American Choruses is one of the composer’s earliest works, exploring his relationship to an American tradition which includes Ives, Cage and the poetry of Walt Whitman. In A Glimpse of Sion’s Glory, conflicting lines voice the idealisms of protestors including the histoical Levellers' movement and John Milton; and the monolithic Missouri Harmony for solo organ evokes the meditative aspect of Shaker worship. Rendered Account, setting Ian Duhig’s lively political verse on the nature of walls and boundaries, and Open the Gate, with its basis of plainsong, complete the disc.

Christopher Fox is 50 this year, and it is hard to think of a better birthday present than this marvellous disc... Exaudi traverse the demands of this music with ease. Recommended. Performance *****/ Sound ****
BBC Music Magazine 2005

EXAUDI, James Weeks - Christopher Fox: A Glimpse of Sion's Glory (NMC D114)

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1.		EXAUDI/James Weeks, director - Open the Gate
2.		EXAUDI/James Weeks, director - A Glimpse of Sion's Glory
3.		EXAUDI/James Weeks, director - A Glimpse of Sion's Glory
4.		EXAUDI/James Weeks, director - A Glimpse of Sion's Glory
5.		EXAUDI/James Weeks, director - A Glimpse of Sion's Glory
6.		EXAUDI/James Weeks, director - A Glimpse of Sion's Glory
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8.		EXAUDI/James Weeks, director - A Glimpse of Sion's Glory
9.		EXAUDI/James Weeks, director - A Glimpse of Sion's Glory
10.		EXAUDI/James Weeks, director - A Glimpse of Sion's Glory
11.		EXAUDI/James Weeks, director - A Glimpse of Sion's Glory
12.		EXAUDI/James Weeks, director - A Glimpse of Sion's Glory
13.		Benjamin Bayl, organ - The Missouri Harmony
14.		EXAUDI/James Weeks, director - Rendered Account
15.		EXAUDI/James Weeks, director - American Choruses: 1 - Walt Whitman
16.		EXAUDI/James Weeks, director - American Choruses: 2 - Song
17.		EXAUDI/James Weeks, director - American Choruses: 3 - America
18.		EXAUDI/James Weeks, director - American Choruses: 4 - Transcription

EXAUDI, James Weeks - Christopher Fox: A Glimpse of Sion's Glory (NMC D114)

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1.		EXAUDI/James Weeks, director - Open the Gate	2m 6s
2.		EXAUDI/James Weeks, director - A Glimpse of Sion's Glory	1m 11s
3.		EXAUDI/James Weeks, director - A Glimpse of Sion's Glory	2m 51s
4.		EXAUDI/James Weeks, director - A Glimpse of Sion's Glory	48s
5.		EXAUDI/James Weeks, director - A Glimpse of Sion's Glory	15s
6.		EXAUDI/James Weeks, director - A Glimpse of Sion's Glory	56s
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8.		EXAUDI/James Weeks, director - A Glimpse of Sion's Glory	1m 33s
9.		EXAUDI/James Weeks, director - A Glimpse of Sion's Glory	46s
10.		EXAUDI/James Weeks, director - A Glimpse of Sion's Glory	1m 43s
11.		EXAUDI/James Weeks, director - A Glimpse of Sion's Glory	39s
12.		EXAUDI/James Weeks, director - A Glimpse of Sion's Glory	50s
13.		Benjamin Bayl, organ - The Missouri Harmony	16m 54s
14.		EXAUDI/James Weeks, director - Rendered Account	5m 15s
15.		EXAUDI/James Weeks, director - American Choruses: 1 - Walt Whitman	3m 15s
16.		EXAUDI/James Weeks, director - American Choruses: 2 - Song	5m 1s
17.		EXAUDI/James Weeks, director - American Choruses: 3 - America	4m 31s
18.		EXAUDI/James Weeks, director - American Choruses: 4 - Transcription	21m 14s

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