Reuben Hoar Library (Littleton)

Hymnody of Earth, a ceremony of songs for choir, hammer dulcimer, and percussion, composed and arranged by Malcolm Dalglish ; with inspiration & lyrics from Wendell Berry, [early American shape-note hymns & Shaker songs]

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Hymnody of Earth

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Recorded on June 11-12, 1990 at Bristol Chapel, Westminster Choir College, Princeton, New Jersey

composed and arranged by Malcolm Dalglish ; with inspiration & lyrics from Wendell Berry, [early American shape-note hymns & Shaker songs]

a ceremony of songs for choir, hammer dulcimer, and percussion

Psalm of solstice (3:35) -- The dark around us (1:49) / Words by Wendell Berry -- Over the river (1:54) / Words by Wendell Berry -- Harmony of earth (0:58) / Excerpt from Wendell Berry poem -- Throw the window open (3:23) -- Finches (1:03) / Words by Wendell Berry -- Thrush song (5:08) / Words by Wendell Berry -- Window tree (3:07) -- For the future (2:24) / Words by Wendell Berry -- Great trees (2:58) / Words by Wendell Berry -- Walking at night (4:07) / Adapted from Wendell Berry's poem "The country of marriage" -- Come life Shaker life (3:18) / Traditional Shaker song -- To the Holy Spirit (1:01) / Words by Wendell Berry -- Hunger and thirst (1:49) / Traditional Shaker song -- Shake these bones (3:20) -- St.Basil's hymn (2:09) / Traditional Greek New Year's hymn -- How long watchman (3:40) -- Lay me low (2:57) / Traditional Shaker hymn - - Paradise (2:46)