MP3s: For GALA Choruses
All there is is love (1993) mp3
Gay Men’s Chorus of Los Angeles, Jon Bailey, director. Poem by Paul Monette
MP3: Play audio file (all.there.is.is.love.mp3)
HIDDEN LEGACIES 1. Before the Storm mp3
TTBB; GMCLA, Jon Bailey conducting
MP3: Play audio file (hidleg1.beforethestorm.mp3)
2. Nightmare mp3
TTBB; GMCLA, Jon Bailey conducting
MP3: Play audio file (hidleg2.nightmare.mp3)
3. Give us a Death Undiminished mp3
TTBB; GMCLA, Jon Bailey conducting
MP3: Play audio file (hidleg3.giveusadeath.mp3)
4. Left Behind mp3
TTBB and synth ensemble; GMCLA, Jon Bailey conductor; from HIDDEN LEGACIES. Men 2-step throughout the piece, there is a dance break in the middle, and at the end only one man is left dancing alone.
MP3: Play audio file (hidleg4.left_behind.mp3)
5. Dinosaur mp3
TTBB and synth ensemble; GMCLA, Jon Bailey conductor; from HIDDEN LEGACIES. Men 2-step throughout the piece, there is a dance break in the middle, and at the end only one man is left dancing alone.
MP3: Play audio file (hidleg5.dinosaur.mp3)
6. Lullabye mp3
From HIDDEN LEGACIES, TTBB and synth ensemble. GMCLA, Bailey (1992 Live at the Wiltern).
MP3: Play audio file (hidleg6.lullabye.mp3)
7. We Sing mp3
TTBB and CD accpt; GMCLA, 2003 performance at the Alex Theatre, Bruce Mayhall, conductor. From HIDDEN LEGACIES.
MP3: Play audio file (hidleg7.we_sing.mp3)
LETTERS TO THE FUTURE “Distressed” (1993) mp3
TTBB and synth ensemble; Richard Garrin conducts Windy City Gay Chorus; Thom Gunn wrote this text specifically for LETTERS TO THE FUTURE.
MP3: Play audio file (letters3.distressed.mp3)
LETTERS TO THE FUTURE “the last song” (1993) mp3
TTBB and synth ensemble; Richard Garrin conducts Windy City Gay Chorus; Thom Gunn wrote this text specifically for LETTERS TO THE FUTURE.
MP3: Play audio file (letters5.the_last_song.mp3)
LETTERS TO THE FUTURE “Now and forever” mp3
TTBB and synth ensemble; from LETTERS TO THE FUTURE, Garrin conducts Windy City Gay Chorus. Allen Ginsberg contributed this (then) unpublished poem for the cycle.
MP3: Play audio file (letters7.now_and_forever.mp3)
FLASHPOINT/STONEWALL “The Parade” (1994) mp3
Tenor solo, Bass solo, TTBB and synth ensemble; GMCLA, Bailey. from FLASHPOINT/STONEWALL.
MP3: Play audio file (flashpoint5.parade.mp3)
FLASHPOINT/STONEWALL “Shame” (1994) mp3
TTBB and synth ensemble; from FLASHPOINT/STONEWALL, GMCLA, Bailey.
MP3: Play audio file (flashpoint4.shame.mp3)
FLASHPOINT/STONEWALL “DreamDrag” (1994) mp3
for bass solo in drag, men’s chorus and synthesizer ensemble; Gay Men’ Chorus of Los Angeles, Jon Bailey, conductor, Craig Wheeler, bass — June 1994.
MP3: Play audio file (flashpoint3.dreamdrag.mp3)
