Simple Gifts

Simple Gifts
Shakers Chants and Spirituals
Shakers of Sabbathday Lake, Schola Cantorum of Boston, The Boston Camerata - Joel Cohen, dir.
Erato 4509-98491-2 [CD]
Apex (Warner) 2564-60367-2 [CD]

Contents:

    I. Followers of the Lamb

    Elder Issachar Bates
  1. Come life, Shaker life

    2. Father James Whittaker
  2. In yonder valley

    3. Anon.
  3. Virgins clothed in a clean white garment

    4. Elder Richard McNemar
  4. Mother

    5. Father James Whittaker
  5. Father James' Song

    6. Sister Clarissa Jacobs
  6. Followers of the Lamb

    7. II. Bearing the Cross

    Mother Ann Lee
  7. Mother Ann's song

    8. Anon.
  8. I have a soul to be saved or lost

    9. Anon.
  9. Heavenly comfort

    10. Anon.
  10. A companion to stiff

    11. Anon.
  11. Pinch'd up, nip'd up

    12. Anon.
  12. I will fight and never slack

    13. III. Visions and Warnings

    Anon.
  13. Celestial choir

    14. Anon.
  14. Holy Angel

    15. The Shepherdess
  15. The lark

    16. The Shepherdess
  16. Nightingale's song

    17. Anon.
  17. Holy Order Song

    18. Anon.
  18. Learned of Angel

    19. Anon.
  19. Laughing John's Interrogatory

    20. Jane Sutton
  20. I'll beat my drum as I march along

    21. Anon.
  21. Mother's Warning

    22. Anon.
  22. The Solemn Bell

    23. Anon.
  23. Mother's Cup of Tribulation

    24. Anon.
  24. Sad Days

    25. Anon.
  25. Encouragement

    26. IV. The Valley of Love

    Anon.
  26. Verdant valley

    27. Father James Whittaker
  27. In yonder valley ( reprise)

    28. Anon.
  28. Solemn Song

    29. Anon.
  29. Turn to the right

    30. Anon.
  30. O will you sing another song

    31. Elder Richard McNemar
  31. The Spiritual sailor

    32. Sister Paulina Springer
  32. Mother has come

    33. Anon.
  33. Holy Mother's protecting chain

    34. Elder Joseph Brackett
  34. Simple gifts

Playing time: 59' 53"

Performers:
Shakers of Sabbathday Lake, Schola Cantorum of Boston [Alice Dampman (soprano), Sherri Dietrich (soprano), Megan Henderson (alto), Paul Cummings bass), Stephen Falbel (bass),assisted by: Mary Ann Valaitis (alto), Robert Dobson (tenor), Arthur Rawding (tenor)] - Frederick Jodry, dir., The Boston Camerata [Anne Azéma (soprano), Margaret Swanson (soprano), Elizabeth Anker (contralto), William Hite (tenor), Daniel McCabe (baritone), Joel Frederiksen (bass)] - Joel Cohen, dir.

Recording site and date:
Meeting House, Shaker VillagePoland Spring, Maine, USA [08/1994]

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Pierre-F. Roberge