Available now: Look up and See featuring inspired music with an inspirational message.
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Look up and See
Look up and See, released in fall 2014, features the luminous voices of sounding light in inspired music which offers an inspirational message. sounding light’s third recording features world premieres by Anne Wilson and Tom Trenney alongside contemporary favorites by René Clausen and Stephen Paulus, and spiritual songs by Andraé Crouch and Stacey Gibbs with choral classics from Norman Luboff, Alice Parker, and Robert Shaw.
Everyone who has followed sounding light from its inception will be thrilled with the group’s third recording. The choral artistry is unmatched, and the repertoire selection tasteful and innovative. The music and texts take the listener on a journey of first lifting up the eyes (Psalm 121), then down the road of the troubles and joys of life, and ends with two poignant, choral prayers for Christian pilgrimage. A modern day “disc of ascent,” this recording leaves the listener looking, gratefully, to the heavens.
Randell Engle – The Banner magazine
Sample Recording: “Mothering God”
Glories Stream from Heaven Afar
Twenty four of our sounding light singers gathered in Michigan in October 2012 to record the group’s second recording: Glories Stream from Heaven Afar. This new CD will feature colorful arrangements of beloved Christmas carols, including “Hark the Herald Angels Sing,” “Once in Royal David’s City” and “Go Tell it on the Mountain.” Though mostly a cappella, the CD features a few tracks with instrumental accompaniment from piano, flute, oboe, and handbells. See reviews of this recording at the links to the right.
Sample Recording: “O Come All Ye Faithful”
Clear Blue Morning
A glowing review:
sounding light’s debut CD, Clear Blue Morning, was reviewed by Randall Engle in The Banner ” This debut recording begins with anthems that explore the darkness of the night and the soul, the coldness of pain and loneliness. The choir then awakens the listener with “Jesus, the Very Thought of You,” a musical and thematic answer to the opening questions. The journey is as moving as it is powerful. The choir’s flawless interpretation, articulation, and intonation unite as a shout from the soul. This is the group’s first recording; it’s exciting to wonder what might be next.”
