Eternal Light and the East Carolina University Chamber Singers

Yesterday we told you about our new release Eternal Light by the East Carolina University Chamber Singers. So today we wanted to tell you a little more about the album and the ensemble.

Eternal Light
East Carolina University Chamber Singers
Christopher Grymes, clarinet
Christine Gustafson, flute
Christopher Uiffers, bassoon
Daniel Bara, director

One of America's great university choirs premieres new sacred works for choir and single instruments. Recorded in the sumptuous acoustics of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Greenville, NC.

Hymn to the Creator of Light — John Rutter
“O Thou Great Power in Whom I Move” * — Anthony Maglione
Veni Sancte Spiritus — Mark G. Sirett
Ave Maria — Cary Boyce
Cedit, Hyems (Be Gone, Winter!) * — Abbie Betinis
O quam gloriosum — Howard Helvey
De profundis — Ildebrando Pizzetti
Agnus Dei, (concerto for bassoon and mixed choir a cappella), Op. 167 * — Egil Hovland

1. Agnus Dei
2. Qui tollis peccata mundi
3. Miserere nobis
4. Dona nobis pacem

“I’ve Been in the Storm So Long” — Spiritual, arr. Jefferey L. Ames
“Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen” — Spiritual, arr. Gail B. Poch
“Eternal Light” — Leo Sowerby
* World Premiere Recordings


American Record Guide says of The East Carolina University Chamber Singers after their recording of the Gothic Records album "Greater Love":

The East Carolina University Chamber Singers is the cream of the school's four choral ensembles-mainly undergraduate music majors... The choral tone is extraordinarily fine: warm, solid, well blended, and superbly disciplined. These qualities are enhanced by the friendly acoustic of St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Greenville. I am inclined to think that the freshness and purity of sound we hear on this recording can only be obtained from well-trained young voices... Daniel Bara directs performances that are thoughtful and sensitive, with remarkable care over phrasing and nuance.