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Composer(s): Bolcom, William
Conductor(s): Slatkin, Leonard
Orchestra(s): University of Michigan Symphony Orchestra
Choir(s): University of Michigan Chamber Choir; University of Michigan Children's Choir; University of Michigan Musical Society Choral Union; University of Michigan University Choir
Artist(s): Brewer, Christine; Brueggergosman, Measha; Davidson, Ilana; Ford, Nmon; Graham, Nathan Lee; Hohenfeld, Linda; Kittel, Jeremy; Morgan, Tommy; Morris, Joan; Pelton, Carmen; Ruth, Peter; Simpson, Marietta; Young, Thomas
Label: Naxos
Series: American Classics
Genre: Choral - Secular
Catalogue No: 8.559216-18
Barcode: 0636943921623
Release Date: 10/2004
BOLCOM: Songs of Innocence and of Experience
William Blake’s Songs of Innocence and of Experience date from the turbulent period in English and American history when the United States was in its infancy. Occupying 25 years of William Bolcom’s compositional life, his “musical illuminations”, inspired by Blake’s own wide panoply of poetic styles in the cycle, travel thrillingly from intense dissonance to folk, rock, and reggae to encompass the breadth of the Blakean spiritual universe.
Tracklist
Disc 1
Bolcom, William
|  | 1 | Part 1: Introduction | 03:08 |
| | 2 | Part 1: The Ecchoing Green | 02:32 |
| | 3 | Part 1: The Lamb | 03:20 |
| | 4 | Part 1: The Shepherd | 02:14 |
| | 5 | Part 1: Infant Joy | 01:58 |
| | 6 | Part 1: The Little Black Boy | 04:07 |
| | 7 | Part 2: Laughing Song | 00:33 |
| | 8 | Part 2: Spring | 01:45 |
| | 9 | Part 2: A Cradle Song | 04:04 |
| | 10 | Part 2: Nurse's Song | 01:36 |
| | 11 | Part 2: Holy Thursday | 01:08 |
| | 12 | Part 2: The Blossom | 00:41 |
| | 13 | Part 2: Interlude | 00:25 |
| | 14 | Part 2: The Chimney Sweeper | 03:14 |
| | 15 | Part 2: The Divine Image | 03:50 |
| | 16 | Part 3: Nocturne | 02:03 |
| | 17 | Part 3: Night | 05:01 |
| | 18 | Part 3: A Dream | 01:41 |
| | 19 | Part 3: On Another's Sorrow | 01:53 |
| | 20 | Part 3: The Little Boy Lost | 02:48 |
| | 21 | Part 3: The Little Boy Found | 01:56 |
| | 22 | Part 3: Coda | 01:32 |
Disc 2
| | 1 | Part 1: Introduction | 02:20 |
| | 2 | Part 1: Hear the Voice of the Bard | 02:55 |
| | 3 | Part 1: Interlude | 00:51 |
| | 4 | Part 1: Earth's Answer | 04:54 |
| | 5 | Part 2: Nurse's Song | 01:10 |
| | 6 | Part 2: The Fly | 01:43 |
| | 7 | Part 2: The Tyger | 01:50 |
| | 8 | Part 2: The Little Girl Lost | 01:10 |
| | 9 | Part 2: In the Southern Clime | 02:08 |
| | 10 | Part 2: The Little Girl Found | 04:47 |
| | 11 | Part 3: The Clod and the Pebble | 01:47 |
| | 12 | Part 3: The Little Vagabond | 02:31 |
| | 13 | Part 3: Holy Thursday | 02:44 |
| | 14 | Part 3: A Poison Tree | 02:09 |
| | 15 | Part 3: The Angel | 03:15 |
| | 16 | Part 3: The Sick Rose | 03:14 |
| | 17 | Part 3: To Tirzah | 03:32 |
Disc 3
| | 1 | Part 4: The Voice of the Ancient Bard | 02:29 |
| | 2 | Part 4: My Pretty Rose Tree | 01:43 |
| | 3 | Part 4: Ah! Sun-Flower | 02:30 |
| | 4 | Part 4: The Lilly | 01:36 |
| | 5 | Part 5: Introduction | 00:49 |
| | 6 | Part 5: The Garden of Love | 02:04 |
| | 7 | Part 5: A Little Boy Lost | 02:27 |
| | 8 | Part 5: A Little Girl Lost | 04:44 |
| | 9 | Part 5: Infant Sorrow | 02:23 |
| | 10 | Part 5: Vocalise | 02:57 |
| | 11 | Part 6: London | 03:54 |
| | 12 | Part 6: The School-Boy | 03:23 |
| | 13 | Part 6: The Chimney Sweeper | 01:20 |
| | 14 | Part 6: The Human Abstract | 03:22 |
| | 15 | Part 6: Interlude - Voces Clamandae | 01:32 |
| | 16 | Part 6: A Divine Image | 05:29 |
Total Playing Time: 02:17:11