CECIL PRICE WALDEN: "Hours," Song Cycle: Excerpts
1) "Will There Really Be a Morning?"
2) (@ 02:25): "Midnight on the Great Western"
3) (@ 04:51): "Dona nobis pacem"
Alice Anne Light (mezzo-soprano)
Cecil Price Walden (piano)
FROM ALBANY TROY1976
https://www.albanyrecords.com
Composer Cecil Price Walden says that Hours “is a journey through a dark night of the soul,” with inspiration taken from the Book of Hours — an exact guide for how and when to pray. Born in 1991, Walden draws on the rich musical, literary, and culinary legacies of the South to create work that is both familiar and new. Mezzo-soprano Alice Anne Light is known for her expressive, limpid singing and sound technique across a broad variety of repertoire. She is a frequent performer on the opera stage, in musical theater, and in recital. She is on the faculty of Texas Tech University.