Hymns for Private Use

Akropolis Reed Quintet, Shara Nova

Release Date: October 28, 2022

Hymns for Private Use is the 5th album released by the Detroit-based Akropolis Reed Quintet and features original works by composers Annika Socolofsky and Nico Muhly. On Socolofsky’s so much more, Akropolis is joined by 7 small business owners from 4 states whose personal stories of community and sacrifice are woven together on a spoken word track, sourced from over 7 hours of interviews conducted in 2020. Soprano Shara Nova joins Akropolis on Muhly’s Hymns for Private Use, which draws upon 5 spiritual texts from early English sources from the 12th to 18th centuries. These two large-scale works are connected by intimate stories of ambition and devotion made available for each listener’s own “private use.” 

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Track List

Hymns for Private Use by Nico Muhly

I. Virga Rosa Virginum
II. The Holy Spirit
III. Sleep
IV. An Autumnal Song
V. Hark, the Vesper Hymn is Stealing

so much more by Annika Socolofsky

I. obviously we're a coffee shop
II. this is home
III. it's not like you just get to clock out
IV. life teaches you the rest
V. than I could have ever imagined

Commissioning credit:
Hymns for Private Use was commissioned by Het Concertgebouw Amsterdam and Wigmore Hall, London, with the support of André Hoffmann, President of the Fondation Hoffmann,a Swiss grant-making foundation in 2012. so much more was commissioned by the Akropolis Reed Quintet in 2021 with support from the National Endowment for the Arts, Paul M. Angell Family Foundation, and Community Foundation for Southeast Michigan, so much more features the stories of Kay Willingham, April Anderson, Garnett Archer, Sabrina Swain, Bruce Knudson, KJ Whitney, and Keke Liu.

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