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Appalachian Sketches

Artist: Mark O'Connor, Artist: Gloriæ Dei Cantores

Gloriæ Dei Cantores, critically acclaimed for their interpretations of American music, present an exciting collaboration with Grammy Award-winner Mark O'Connor. Featured on this recording is a 15-minute commissioned work by O'Connor, Let Us Move, with violin obligato. Also featured are arrangements of beloved hymns and folk songs from Appalachia and the South. Exploding with energy and excitement, this must-have album presents a new American classical style of music, inspired by the rich American folk tradition.

"Nothing could have prepared me for the day I first heard this music sung back to me. . . . Gloriæ Dei Cantores' voices sounded like angels descending from Heaven, delivering and rendering my music in a way that seemed to shake the rafters and elevate the spirit."

—Mark O'Connor, February 2001

Appalachian Sketches
1	Hark, I Hear the Harps Eternal	arr. Alice Parker	2:23
2	His Voice as the Sound	Traditional	2:14
3	Bright Canaan	Traditional	1:58
4	O Thou, in Whose Presence	Joseph Swain	2:07
5	New Concord	Charles Wesley	2:10
6	Let Us Move	O'Connor, Mark	15:29
7	Begin, My Soul	Traditional	1:40
8	Tender Thought	Psalm 139	2:41
9	Social Band	Traditional	2:02
10	Jesus, Jesus, Rest Your Head	Arr. John Jacob Niles	3:14
11	Resignation	Isaac Watts	2:25
12	I Will Arise	Robert Robinson	1:05
13	Lorena	Arr. Michael Hale	7:27
14	Holy Manna	Arr. John Carter	2:30
15	Angel Band	Arr. Michael Hale	3:04
16	Death Shall Not Destroy	Traditional	2:36
17	Vernon	Charles Wesley	3:04
18	Foundation		2:37
	Total Time:		58:38