Young composer Jake Runestad has scored performances with various American choirs, but this release by the choir Conspirare is the first album devoted exclusively to his work. He offers a Romantic tonal palette shading off into minimalist passages, but the most distinctive aspect of his work is his sensitive text selection and original treatment of texts. The authors here range from St. Francis of Assisi and Hildegard of Bingen to Wendell Berry and contemporary poet Todd Boss, but are unified by a broadly defined idea of ...
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Young composer Jake Runestad has scored performances with various American choirs, but this release by the choir Conspirare is the first album devoted exclusively to his work. He offers a Romantic tonal palette shading off into minimalist passages, but the most distinctive aspect of his work is his sensitive text selection and original treatment of texts. The authors here range from St. Francis of Assisi and Hildegard of Bingen to Wendell Berry and contemporary poet Todd Boss, but are unified by a broadly defined idea of mysticism. The contrast between the texts' austerity and the warm aesthetic of Runestad's music is attractive, and it is likely that choir directors looking for new items for yearly or holiday programs will find many options here. There's a certain sameness to some of Runestad's settings, although he's a gifted word-painter. The strongest work on the program may be The Hope of Loving, which was commissioned by a different small choir, Seraphic Fire. The work has an inner dynamic,...
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