My Dancing Sweetheart
My Dancing Sweetheart
Just Songs
Brightwork Ensemble: Stacey Fraser-soprano, Aron Kallay-piano and keyboards, Nick Terry-percussion, Shalini Vijayan-violin
Premiere Recordings
Music that operates as debris, coalescing, floating by, snagging on itself, assembling, gathering, dispersing, and eventually receding. Time is not an arrow – locations are in flux, and the music never stands still.
“…nothing less than a tour de force for Ms. Fraser who passionately invested every sort of painful emotion into the many words…great surges of anger, sadness, despair, and frustration were heard in their many variations, often expressed at the very limits of vocal technique. Ms. Fraser sang with a combination of confidence and daring…” – Paul Muller, Sequenza 21
“Kallay is a powerhouse on the Los Angeles new-music scene, having co-founded People Inside Electronics and Brightwork newmusic while regularly appearing with a myriad of ensembles and performing with pianist Vicki Ray as part of the Ray-Kallay Duo.” — Tamzin Elliott, San Francisco Classical Voice
Track List
Calamity Jane by Ben Johnston
1) Freely, like Speech
2) In Motion, with a beat
3) Rather Slow
4) Rather Slowly but moving forward
5) Lively but not too fast
6) Waltz-like
7) Slowly
8) With Gently Rolling Motion
9) Freely, like Speech
Ma Mie Qui Danse by Ben Johnston
10) I. Sprightly
11) II. Playful
12) III. Fast and Staccato
13) IV. Slow and Tranquil
14) V. Headlong
15) VI. Soaring
16) VII. Jaunty
17) VIII.
18) Time Resonances by Bill Alves
19) A Sonatina by Bill Alves
20) Die Stille Stürtzt by Helumt Oehring