Lucas Meachem & Irina Meachem — Shall We Gather (2021)

FLAC (tracks), Lossless / Mp3 320 kbps | 52:53 | 182 / 121 Mb
Classical, Instrumental

\»Shall We Gather\» responds to the darkness of the pand and social distancing with the simple question of its title. Through fifteen art songs by and about a broad swath of people from the United States, Lucas and Irina Meachem offer a vision of Americanness centred around the things that call on us to gather and that we gather to call upon. Those things, they say, are rooted in an act of hope in the promise of resilience that underlies our national character. By channelling the feelings of those gatherings we are missing, we can, perhaps, conjure a greater sense of togetherness, of commonality. \»Shall we Gather\» is an emotional and heartfelt plea for a better, more tolerant world, a world that one hopes will emerge a better place after the trauma of the pand.

01. American Anthem

02. Three Indian Songs, Op. 32: No. 1, Song of the Deathless Voice

03. Grief

04. Four Walt Whitman Songs: No. 2, Beat! Beat! Drums!

05. Shadow of the Blues: No. 2, Litany

06. The Rich Man

07. Night

08. Pieces of 9/11: IV. That Moment On

09. A Perfect Day

10. Oh, Shenandoah

11. In the Mornin\’

12. We Will Always Walk Together

13. Hard s Come Again No More

14. Old American Songs, Set 1: No. 1, The Boatman\’s Dance

15. Old American Songs, Set 2: No. 4, At the River