Psalms and Canticles Lydia Brown & Michael Torke Orchestra

• Michael Torke (b. 1961):
• 1 Torke: First Psalm, Wine That Makes 06:32
• 2 Torke: Second Psalm, They That Sow 04:42
• 3 Torke: First Lamentation, On the Ground 04:05
• 4 Torke: Second Lamentation, Mother's Arms 03:44
• 5 Torke: Third Psalm, Let the Heavens 04:26
• 6 Torke: Fourth Pslam, Enter His Gates 03:56
• 7 Torke: First Canticle, Come Away 02:25
• 8 Torke: Second Canticle, While I Slept 04:53
• 9 Torke: Third Canticle, Deep Waters 03:52
• 10 Torke: Fourth Canticle, Give You My Love 04:41
• 11 Torke: Fifth Canticle, Set Me As a Seal 03:58
• Total Runtime 47:14

Info for Psalms and Canticles

Following up on the incredible success of his recording of "Being" Michael Torke has a new work, about to be released on Ecstatic Records, "Psalms and Cancticles". Featuring the talented singer Lydia Brown, this promises to be a new major work in Torke’s catalogue.

Lydia Adelle Brown, vocals
Michael Torke Orchestra
Michael Torke, conductor

Lydia Adelle Brown
is a professional vocalist and songwriter from Rochester, NY with a background in classical music and a love for experimental and contemporary genres. In training to be a Board Certified Music Therapist, Lydia aspires to use her gift to unite, evoke spiritual exploration, and most of all, to uplift and support Black and Indigenous women+.

Michael Torke
Michael's music has been commissioned by such orchestras as The Philadelphia Orchestra, the New York Philharmonic, and the San Francisco Symphony; by such ballet companies as New York City Ballet, Alvin Ailey, and the National Ballet of Canada; by such opera companies as the Metropolitan Opera, Théâtre du Châtelet, and the English National Opera; by such large ensembles as the London Sinfonietta, Lontano, and De Volharding; and such small ensembles as the Smith, Ying, and Amstel Quartets.

He has worked with such conductors as Simon Rattle, Kurt Mazur, Edo de Waart, and David Zinman; such choreographers as Christopher Wheeldon, James Kudelka, and Juri Kilian; and collaborated with such librettists as A. R. Gurney, Michael Korie, and Mark Campbell; and such directors as Des McAnuff, Bart Sher, and Michael Greif.

He has been commissioned by entities such as the Walt Disney Company, and Absolute Vodka; worked with such soloists as Tessa Lark, Christopher O'Reilly, and Joyce Castle; and written incidental music to such companies as The Public Theater, The Old Globe Theater, and Classic Stage Company; and been composer in residence with the Royal Scottish National Orchestra.

Beginning his career with exclusive contracts with Boosey and Hawkes, and Decca Records, he now controls his own copyrights and masters through his publishing company, Adjustable Music, and record company, Ecstatic Records.

His music has been called "some of the most optimistic, joyful and thoroughly uplifting music to appear in recent years" (Gramophone). Hailed as a "vitally inventive composer" (Financial Times) and "a master orchestrator whose shimmering timbral palette makes him the Ravel of his generation" (New York Times), Torke has created a substantial body of works in virtually every genre.

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