William Ferris (1937-2000) was a musician well-loved in the Chicago area. Best known for founding the William Ferris Chorale in 1971 with John Vorrasi, he was also a prolific composer with over 500 works to his credit. This disc includes four of his pieces that include orchestra: one featuring baritone, oboe, and chorus; one with tenor solo; one with chorus; and one for orchestra alone. The most impressive is the solo cantata, Ed È Subito Sera, a setting of four texts by Italian poet Salvatore Quasimodo, composed in 1965. ...
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William Ferris (1937-2000) was a musician well-loved in the Chicago area. Best known for founding the William Ferris Chorale in 1971 with John Vorrasi, he was also a prolific composer with over 500 works to his credit. This disc includes four of his pieces that include orchestra: one featuring baritone, oboe, and chorus; one with tenor solo; one with chorus; and one for orchestra alone. The most impressive is the solo cantata, Ed È Subito Sera, a setting of four texts by Italian poet Salvatore Quasimodo, composed in 1965. Written in a warmly Italianate post-Romantic idiom, it has a captivating lyric sweep. The text setting is effective, with strong melodic lines and clearly differentiated movements. Vorrasi has a clarion, expressive tenor, and he brings an impassioned intensity to the music. He is capably accompanied by the Chicago String Ensemble, led by Alan Heatherington. Ferris composed Corridors of Light, a setting of Stephen Spender's poem "The Truly Great" for John Shirley-Quirk and his wife,...
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