Gentle Words: Shaker Songs Arranged by Kevin Siegfried
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Composer: American TraditionalComposer: Kevin Siegfried
Composer: John Lockwood
Composer: Clarissa Jacobs
Composer: Paulina Bates
Composer: Addah Z. Potter
Composer: Ephraim Frost
Composer: Cecelia Devyr
Composer: Polly M. Rupe
Composer: John Whitbey
Performer: The Tudor Choir
Edition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 2001-06-05
Music Label: Loft Recordings
Soundtracks:
- I Will Bow and Be Simple, Simple Gifts, Shaker hymn
- In yonder valley (Shaker Hymn)
- All is summer, Shaker hymn
- O Lord, make me pure, Shaker hymn
- Love is little, Shaker hymn
- The burning day, Shaker hymn
- Circular March, Shaker hymn
- Help me, O Lord, Shaker hymn
- Heavenly display, Shaker hymn
- Followers of the Lamb (Shaker Hymn)
- Come to Zion, Shaker hymn
- We must be meek, Shaker hymn
- Lay me low, Shaker hymn
- Solemn Song, Shaker tune
- Beautiful Treasure, Shaker song
- Peace, Shaker song
- Angels of Heaven, Shaker song
- Hunger and Thirst, Shaker march song
- Dismission of Great I, Shaker song
- Revelation, Shaker anthem
- Prayer for the Captive (aka Supplication in a nation's calamity), Shake
- Gentle Words, Shaker hymn
- Beautiful Valley, Shaker song
- Jubilee, Shaker song
- Ezekiel's Vision, Shaker hymn
- Almighty Savior
- Cords of Love, Shaker song
- I will go on my way, Shaker song
Music reviews of Gentle Words: Shaker Songs Arranged by Kevin Siegfried
Music Review: beauty, simplicity, and utility
Rating: 5 Stars
Of this CD's twenty-eight tracks, eighteen are arrangements by Kevin Siegfried; the remaining ten are straightforward, unadorned performances of Shaker hymns, sung either by the choir in unison, or by a solo voice, as they would have been sung in Shaker services. Occasionally the choir stomps and claps, also as the Shakers would have done. The unison songs and Kevin's settings blend seamlessly together, since Kevin's music is very sensitive to the spirit of the original tunes. His harmonies have an open, rough-hewn quality to them, like early American furniture, sturdy and useful. The music carefully mirrors and supports the text, occasionally employing mixed meter to follow the natural cadences of speech. The settings are largely homophonic, like Lutheran chorales, rendering the text easily comprehensible. Kevin avoids unnecessary embellishments and repetitions, and each piece is a small, well-proportioned gem, averaging about two minutes in length. In the liner notes, Kevin writes of his desire to preserve the Shaker ideals of "beauty, simplicity, and utility" in his settings, and he has succeeded brilliantly; the music is unassuming, serene, and peaceful.
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