Alec Roth's new oratorio, A Time to Dance, is a celebration of times and seasons. Jeffrey Skidmore and Ex Cathedra, who gave the première of the work in 2012, recreate the sheer exuberance of that live performance on this recording. The oratorio is paired with Roth's Magnificat and Nunc dimittis (Hatfield Service) and Men & Angels, a clever setting of John Donne's Antiphon "Praised be the God of love." 1 Processional, 'Times and Seasons'2 Prologue, 'Sunrise'3 Awake4 Infant Joy5 Dancing on the Hill-Tops6 Dance There7 Nothing Is So Beautiful8 Let Them Love9 In Summer's Heat10 A Something11 Thirsty Fly12 Little Fly13 Come, Let Us Go14 Give All to Love15 O Autumn16 Humdrum17 Autumnal18 Fall, Leaves, Fall19 The Evening Star20 Deep Midnight21 Snowflakes22 Dregs23 A Glee for Winter24 Lights Out25 Epilogue, 'Sunrise'26 After-Dance, 'Proper Exercise'27 Magnificat28 Nunc Dimittis29 Men and Angels
