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including the title work and a setting of "L'Invitation au Voyage", both by John Corigliano. While these, unfortunately, are uninspiring original works by Jean Belmon...
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Several world premieres highlight this disc from the outstanding Kansas City Chorale, ... more
including the title work and a setting of "L'Invitation au Voyage", both by John Corigliano. While these, unfortunately, are uninspiring original works by Jean Belmont and James Mulholland, settings of "Shenandoah" by Conrad Susa and "Deep River" by Roy Ringwald are excellent. Unexcelled performances of Barber's "Reincarnations" round out the program.--David Vernier
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Advantages: Easy To Grow Disadvantages: Do Not Flower
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I have a fern on my Kitchen Windowsill that I acquired as a little baby from a friend last year. I have no idea what type of Fern it is but it must be one of the common indoor varieties because I have seen this same Plant in several Garden Centres recently. Despite my eagerness to find out the true identity of my Plant this has so far eluded me. Every time that I stumble upon one it is simply labelled "Fern."
The term Pteridophytes is often used to describe any type of seedless Vascular Plant so this term has become synonymous with Ferns ...
micksheff 27.03.2007
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Advantages: Great for shady places Disadvantages: Keep well watered or they suffer
We've got a shady area in our back garden where nothing will grow. It faces north, and so it never gets any sun, and it's cold there even in summer. Everything we plant is ok for a couple of weeks, then starts to grow long and lanky, trying to get some light, then it dies. I'd never considered ferns, they're boring, aren't they? Anyway, I was fed up of seeing bare ground so I bit the bullet and got 3 assorted ferns from the local nursery, and planted them. The ferns I bought were: Dryopteris filix-mas, (Male fern), Asplenium trichomanes (Maidenhair spleenwort) and Polypodium glycyrrhiza (Liquorice fern). They were £3.99 each, in 3litre pots. They were a nice size and looked established as soon as I'd planted them, in varying green, and different leaf shapes and sizes. It really brightened up the shady spot, and what's more, 12 ...
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Product details
Title
Fern Hill-American Choral Music
Composer
Williametta Spencer (b 1932); John (Paul) Corigliano (b 1938); Jean Belmont (b 1939); James Mullholland (b 1944); Samuel Barber (1910 - 1981); Traditional
Main Performer
Patricia Higdon (Piano)
Orchestra / Ensemble(s)
Kansas City Chorale Choir; Fern Hill Orchestra
Date of Release
07/1996
Label / Distributor
Nimbus / Nimbus
Pieces in Set
1
Running Time
1 hour 8 minutes
Genre(s)
Vocal and choral
SPAR Code
DDD
EAN
710357544927
Work 1
Work Title
At the Round Earth's Imagined Corners
Excerpt(s)
1. At the Round Earth's Imagined Corners
Composer
Williametta Spencer (b 1932)
Genre
Vocal & Choral
Date Written
1968
Date Recorded
1995
Conductor
Charles Bruffy
Orchestra / Ensemble
Kansas City Chorale Choir
Location of Work Recording
Scottish Rite Temple,Kansas City, Missouri
Work 2
Work Title
(L') Invitation au voyage
Excerpt(s)
1. (L') Invitation au voyage
Composer
John (Paul) Corigliano (b 1938)
Genre
Vocal & Choral
Date Written
1970
Date Recorded
1995
Conductor
Charles Bruffy
Orchestra / Ensemble
Kansas City Chorale Choir
Orchestra / Ensemble
Fern Hill Orchestra
Location of Work Recording
Scottish Rite Temple,Kansas City, Missouri
Work 3
Work Title
(The) Passionate Shepherd to His Love
Excerpt(s)
1. (The) Passionate Shepherd to His Love
Composer
Jean Belmont (b 1939)
Genre
Vocal & Choral
Date Recorded
1995
Conductor
Charles Bruffy
Orchestra / Ensemble
Kansas City Chorale Choir
Location of Work Recording
Scottish Rite Temple,Kansas City, Missouri
Work 4
Work Title
(The) Roadside Fire
Excerpt(s)
1. (The) Roadside Fire
Composer
Jean Belmont (b 1939)
Genre
Vocal & Choral
Date Recorded
1995
Conductor
Charles Bruffy
Orchestra / Ensemble
Kansas City Chorale Choir
Location of Work Recording
Scottish Rite Temple,Kansas City, Missouri
Work 5
Work Title
Johnny has gone for a soldier
Excerpt(s)
1. Johnny has gone for a soldier
Composer
Jean Belmont (b 1939)
Genre
Vocal & Choral
Date Recorded
1995
Conductor
Charles Bruffy
Orchestra / Ensemble
Kansas City Chorale Choir
Location of Work Recording
Scottish Rite Temple,Kansas City, Missouri
Work 6
Work Title
(A) Red, Red Rose
Excerpt(s)
1. (A) Red, Red Rose
Composer
James Mullholland (b 1944)
Genre
Vocal & Choral
Date Recorded
1995
Conductor
Charles Bruffy
Orchestra / Ensemble
Kansas City Chorale Choir
Main Performer
Patricia Higdon (Piano)
Opera Part(s)
Patricia Higdon
Location of Work Recording
Scottish Rite Temple,Kansas City, Missouri
Work 7
Work Title
Reincarnation, Op. 16
Excerpt(s)
1. Mary Hynes 2. Anthony O'Daly 3. The Coolin'
Composer
Samuel Barber (1910 - 1981)
Genre
Vocal & Choral
Date Written
1937-40
Date Recorded
1995
Conductor
Charles Bruffy
Orchestra / Ensemble
Kansas City Chorale Choir
Location of Work Recording
Scottish Rite Temple,Kansas City, Missouri
Work 8
Work Title
Fern Hill
Excerpt(s)
1. Fern Hill
Composer
John (Paul) Corigliano (b 1938)
Genre
Vocal & Choral
Date Written
1961
Date Recorded
1995
Conductor
Charles Bruffy
Orchestra / Ensemble
Kansas City Chorale Choir
Location of Work Recording
Scottish Rite Temple,Kansas City, Missouri
Work 9
Work Title
Shenandoah
Excerpt(s)
1. Shenandoah
Composer
Traditional
Genre
Vocal & Choral
Date Recorded
1995
Conductor
Charles Bruffy
Orchestra / Ensemble
Kansas City Chorale Choir
Location of Work Recording
Scottish Rite Temple,Kansas City, Missouri
Work 10
Work Title
Johnny, I hardly knew ye
Excerpt(s)
1. Johnny, I hardly knew ye
Composer
Traditional
Genre
Vocal & Choral
Date Recorded
1995
Conductor
Charles Bruffy
Orchestra / Ensemble
Kansas City Chorale Choir
Location of Work Recording
Scottish Rite Temple,Kansas City, Missouri
Work 11
Work Title
I'm goin' away
Excerpt(s)
1. I'm goin' away
Composer
Traditional
Genre
Vocal & Choral
Date Recorded
1995
Conductor
Charles Bruffy
Orchestra / Ensemble
Kansas City Chorale Choir
Location of Work Recording
Scottish Rite Temple,Kansas City, Missouri
Work 12
Work Title
Deep River
Excerpt(s)
1. Deep River
Composer
Traditional
Genre
Vocal & Choral
Date Recorded
1995
Conductor
Charles Bruffy
Orchestra / Ensemble
Kansas City Chorale Choir
Location of Work Recording
Scottish Rite Temple,Kansas City, Missouri
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