Johnny Flyn - Fol - De - Rol

Birch Forest

Birch Forest (Reinvented)

Taken from Josephine Foster's full length album 'I'm A Dreamer', released on Fire Records in 2013 and available to purchase here: http://www.firerecords.com/site/index.php?page=release&releaseid=929


Josephine Foster - Pretty Please

Background, context, and poem text: http://www.brainpickings.org/2015/03/18/amanda-palmer-wislawa-szymborska-possibilities-poem-reading/

Photograph by Allan Amato. 

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Amanda Palmer reads "Possibilities" by Wisława Szymborska

Just Another Ordinary Day

Silent City

Poem text and context: https://www.brainpickings.org/2017/11/20/amanda-palmer-reads-happiness-by-jane-kenyon/

Reading by @amandapalmer.

POEM TEXT

Amanda Palmer reads "Happiness" by Jane Kenyon

Compiling four pieces for four different ensembles, David Lang’s "writing on water" is a free-flowing recording that presents several unusual and rarely revealed facets of the composer who is perhaps most well-known for his monumental choral works (the Pulitzer-winning "the little match girl passion" and the more recent epic "the national anthems"), as well as his poignant song cycles ("death speaks" and "love fail"). 

From the struggle between dissonance and melody portrayed in “pierced” to the sweeping, oceanic scope of the title piece, the music defines a path that can be as serpentine as it is rigid (“forced march”) or as minimal as it is immense. Riveting performances by Alarm Will Sound, Real Quiet, Crash Ensemble, the London Sinfonietta, Synergy Vocals and more make writing on water an electrifying, free-spirited and rambunctious addition to the Cantaloupe catalog.

Amanda Palmer reads "Possibilities" by Wisława Szymborska

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