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Rainstorm on the Fourth Day of the Eleventh Month
Text by Lu You; translated by Xiran Jay Zhou
Music by Michael Laurence Cooper
performed by the First Readings Project
conducted by J. David Moore

Michael Cooper – Rainstorm on the Fourth Day of the Eleventh Month

Fonte printanière
Music by Edwin Honman Ng
Text by Sukeo "Sam" Sameshima; trans. Michel Montreuil
performed by the First Readings Project
baritone solo, Derek Boemler
flute, Linda Chatterton
conducted by J. David Moore

Edwin Honman Ng - Fonte printanière

Bells, Blessings
Music by Carol Barnett
Text after Alfred, Lord Tennyson
performed by the First Readings Project
conducted by J. David Moore

Carol Barnett - Bells, Blessings

The Sea Stays Within Its Shores
Music by Denice Rippentrop
Job 7:12 and D.R.
performed by the First Readings Project
soloist, Matthew Valverde
conducted by J. David Moore

Denice Rippentrop – The Sea Stays Within Its Shores

May This Day Be Wizardry
Music by Richard Chandler
Words by Lawrence Schug
Performed by the First Readings Project
Conducted by J. David Moore

Richard Chandler - May This Day Be Wizardry

Salvation’s Light
Music by Denice Rippentrop
Isaiah 9:2, 60:1–3
Performed by the First Readings Project

Denice Rippentrop - Salvation's Light

Später
Music by Jonathan Posthuma
Words by Wassily Kandinsky
Performed by the First Readings Project Conducted by J. David Moore

Jonathan Posthuma- Später

Later
Music by Jonathan Posthuma 
Words by Wassily Kandinsky, trans. Elizabeth R. Napier
Performed by the First Readings Project 
Conducted by J. David Moore

Jonathan Posthuma-Later

From the Sky They Will Come Again
Music by Catherine Dalton
Words by Kao Kalia Yang
Performed by the First Readings Project 
Conducted by J. David Moore

Catherine Dalton - From the Sky They Will Come Again

Am I a Stone
Music by Dana Howell
Text by Christina Rossetti
Performed by the First Readings Project
conducted by J. David Moore

Dana Howell – Am I a Stone

Fantasy
Organ solo by Ziv Sabag
Performed by Kenneth Vigne

Ziv Sabag – Fantasy

All-Powerful Creator God
Music by Denice Rippentrop
Psalms 63:1–4
performed by the First Readings Project
conducted by J. David Moore

Denice Rippentrop – All-Powerful Creator God

A-Round the Seasons
Words and Music by Richard E. Brown
performed by the First Readings Project
conducted by J. David Moore

Richard E. Brown – A-Round the Seasons

Weightlessness
Music by Pax Ressler
Words by Joseph Shapiro
performed by the First Readings Project
conducted by J. David Moore

Pax Ressler/Joseph Shapiro – Weightlessness

The First Readings Project is a professional chamber choir founded to assist composers in the development of new work for vocal ensemble.

Michael Cooper – Rainstorm on the Fourth Day of the Eleventh Month

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