Hymns for Private Use, by Akropolis Reed Quintet

Hymns for Private Use

by Akropolis Reed Quintet

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1.	Hymns for Private Use, I. Virga Rosa Virginum 04:40	buy track
2.	Hymns for Private Use, II. The Holy Spirit 03:53	buy track
3.	Hymns for Private Use, III. Sleep 02:32	buy track
4.	Hymns for Private Use, IV. An Autumnal Song 04:40	buy track
5.	Hymns for Private Use, V. Hark, the Vesper Hymn is Stealing 04:24	buy track
6.	so much more, I. obviously we're a coffee shop 03:13	buy track
7.	so much more, II. this is home 03:24	buy track
8.	so much more, III. it's not like you just get to clock out 03:42	buy track
9.	so much more, IV. life teaches you the rest 03:10	buy track
10.	so much more, V. than I could have ever imagined 03:57	buy track

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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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released October 28, 2022

Tracks composed by: Nico Muhly (1-5) and Annika Socolofsky (6-10)
Produced by: Courtney Snyder Ng (1-5) and Annika Socolofsky (6-10)
Published by: Nico Muhly (1-5) and Annika Socolofsky (6-10)
Engineer: Dave Schall Acoustic
Mastered by: Nick Lloyd
Scribe: Sean Meyers
Cover Art and Album Package Design by Marian C. Holmes
Recorded at First Presbyterian Church in Ypsilanti, MI on 7/10/18; Blue Sword Studios in Detroit, MI on 2/10/22 (1-5) and First Presbyterian Church in Ypsilanti, MI on 1/8/22 (6-10)

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Akropolis Reed Quintet Detroit, Michigan

Celebrating their 12th year and hailed by Fanfare Magazine for “infallible musicality and huge vitality,” and who's third album "The Space Between Us" was dubbed "Pure Gold" by the San Francisco Chronicle, the Akropolis Reed Quintet has won seven national prizes including a Fischoff Gold Medal. ... more

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