To Shiver the Sky#Further reading
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{{Infobox album
| name = To Shiver The Sky
| type = Studio
| artist = Christopher Tin
| cover = To Shiver the Sky.png
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|2020|08|21|df=yes}}
| recorded = Abbey Road
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = World
| length = {{Duration|m=52|s=43}}
| label = Universal Music Classics
| producer =
| prev_title = The Drop That Contained the Sea
| prev_year = 2014
| next_title = The Lost Birds
| next_year = 2022
}}
To Shiver the Sky is the third studio album by the American composer Christopher Tin. Released in 2020, it features texts about the history of flight ranging from Leonardo da Vinci's writings on flight to John F. Kennedy's "We choose to go to the Moon" speech.{{cite web |last1=Remington |first1=Kate |title=Christopher Tin Reaches The Stars With 'To Shiver The Sky' |url=https://www.wshu.org/culture/2020-09-17/christopher-tin-reaches-the-stars-with-to-shiver-the-sky |website=WSHU Public Radio |access-date=1 November 2021 |date=17 September 2020}}{{cite web |last1=Amacher |first1=Julie |title=Christopher Tin's 'To Shiver the Sky' encourages listeners to take flight |url=https://www.yourclassical.org/episode/2020/10/28/new-classical-tracks-christopher-tin |website=YourClassical |access-date=1 November 2021 |date=28 October 2020}}
Creation of the album was funded by a Kickstarter campaign. The campaign met its goal in the first 36 hours, and went on to raise $221,415 (over 4 times the initial goal), making it the highest funded classical music Kickstarter project ever.{{cite web |title=Composer Christopher Tin's Brand New Album, 'To Shiver the Sky' is Out Now! |url=https://www.abbeyroad.com/news/composer-christopher-tins-brand-new-album-to-shiver-the-sky-is-out-now-2806 |website=Abbey Road Studios |access-date=1 November 2021 |date=21 August 2020}}
The song "Sogno di Volare" was composed as a main theme for the 2016 video game Civilization VI.{{cite web|last1=Greening|first1=Chris|title=Civilization VI to feature an orchestral soundtrack led by Knorr and Tin|url=http://www.vgmonline.net/civilization-vi-to-feature-an-orchestral-soundtrack-led-by-knorr-and-tin/|website=Video Game Music Online|date=22 July 2016 |access-date=November 1, 2021}}
Track listing
{{Track listing
|extra_column = Lyrics notes{{cite web |title=VGMdb notes on album lyrics from official compact disk booklet |url=https://vgmdb.net/album/74907 |website=vgmdb.net }}
|title1 = Sogno di Volare ("The Dream of Flight") |note1=feat. Royal Opera Chorus
|extra1 = From Leonardo da Vinci's writings on flight (Adapted by Chiara Cortez). Sung in Italian
|length1 = 3:51
|title2 = The Heavenly Kingdom |note2=feat. ModernMedieval, The Assembly
|extra2 = From Hildegard von Bingen: "Scivias". Sung in Latin
|length2 = 2:05
|title3 = Daedalus and Icarus |note3=feat. Pene Pati, Royal Opera Chorus, The Assembly
|extra3 = From Ovid's "Metamorphoses". Sung in Latin
|length3 = 5:14
|title4 = The Fall |note4=feat. Pene Pati, ModernMedieval, Royal Opera Chorus
|extra4 = From Dante Alighieri's "Divine Comedy". Sung in Italian
|length4 = 4:53
|title5 = Astronomy |note5=feat. The Assembly, Anna Lapwood
|extra5 = from Nicolaus Copernicus' "De revolutionibus orbium coelestium" (Polish translation and poeticization by Janusz Mrzigod). Sung in Polish
|length5 = 7:06
|title6 = To the Stars |note6=feat. Pembroke College Girls' Choir, The Assembly
|extra6 = From Jules Verne's "De la Terre à la Lune" (Adaptation by Gabriel Majou). Sung in French
|length6 = 4:18
|title7 = Oh, the Humanity |note7=feat. Pene Pati, Royal Opera Chorus
|extra7 = From speeches by Ferdinand von Zeppelin (Adaptation by Evita Wagner). Sung in German
|length7 = 4:42
|title8 = Courage |note8=feat. Danielle de Niese
|extra8 = A setting of Amelia Earhart's poem 'Courage'. Sung in English
|length8 = 4:42
|title9 = Become Death |note9=feat. ModernMedieval, Royal Opera Chorus
|extra9 = From the Bhagavad Gita, as quoted by J. Robert Oppenheimer. Sung in Sanskrit
|length9 = 2:57
|title10 = The Power of the Spirit |note10=feat. Royal Opera Chorus
|extra10 = From quotes by Yuri Gagarin. Sung in Russian
|length10 = 2:36
|title11 = We Choose to Go to the Moon |note11=feat. Danielle de Niese, Pene Pati, ModernMedieval, Pembroke College Girls' Choir, Royal Opera Chorus,
The Assembly
|extra11 = From John F. Kennedy's Address at Rice University on the Nation's Space Effort. Sung in English
|length11 = 10:19
}}
Charts
To Shiver the Sky first spent two weeks on Billboard{{'s}} Top Classical Crossover Albums, peaking at rank 1 the week of 5 September 2020. That same week it placed 6 on Top Classical Albums and 80 for Current Album Sales. It re-entered the Top Classical Crossover Albums chart for a third week the week of October 3, 2020.
References
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Further reading
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- {{cite journal |last1=Vroon |first1=Donald |author-link=Donald Vroon |title=Tin: To Shiver the Sky |journal=American Record Guide |date=Nov–Dec 2020 |volume=83 |issue=6 |pages=105–106 |id={{ProQuest|2455946505}} }}
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Category:Royal Philharmonic Orchestra albums