The Manitou Singers are 100 first-year students at St. Olaf College in Northfield, MN; who have been ably led in renditions of beautiful treble choral literature by Conductor Sigrid Johnson. "Repertoire for Women's Voices: Vol. 5" is part of a series of recordings of new material by the ensemble, in this case 19 songs. Religious material is plentiful here with cuts like Felix Mendelssohn's "Children Blessed of the Lord," Ruth Henderson's "Cantate Domino," Daniel Gawthrop's "Sing Me to Heaven," David L. Brunner's "Jubilate Deo," Katie Moran Bart's "Blessing" and Ron Nelson's "Jehovah, Hear Our Prayer." But the lovely high voices also lend themselves well to secular tunes like David Sargent's "Mirth," Neal Pfeifer's "Lilacs and Rain" and Imant Raminsh's "Rise Up, My Love, My Fair One. |
