commissioned by The Wilma Theater for Sarah Ruhl’s "Eurydice", directed by Blanka Zizka

released by Cantaloupe Music, 2011

E-U-R-Y-D-I-C-E - from Eurydice

Yes! Yes! Yes! - from Eurydice

Playing in the Waves - from Eurydice

commissioned by The Wilma Theater for Sarah Ruhl’s "Eurydice", directed by Blanka Zizka

released by Cantaloupe Music, 2011


The String Room - from Eurydice

Chrysalid Requiem (2002, Cantaloupe Music)

“There’s good music, there’s great music, and every once in a while there’s mind-blowing music. I can’t recommend this disc highly enough.”
—Payton MacDonald, American Record Guide

Antiphon:  In paradisum - from Chrysalid Requiem

Sequence No. 2:  Quid sum miser - from Chrysalid Requiem

9:11 Blues for oud and cello (Mak Grigich—oud, Jeremiah Campbell—cello)

Chrysalid Requiem

Sequence I: Dies irae

Sequence III from Chrysalid Requiem: Qui Mariam

I. O, Glittering Silence
music—Toby Twining, text—Konstantin Kulakov (December 2016)
John Bellemer (tenor), Toby Twining (Lou Harrison resophonic guitar)

dedicated to the people of Judson Memorial Church, NYC

Holy Radiators: Songs of Resistance & Devotion, "O Glittering Silence"

II. O-Way-Out-of-No-Way
music—Toby Twining, text—Konstantin Kulakov (December 2016)
John Bellemer (tenor), Toby Twining (Lou Harrison resophonic guitar)

dedicated to the people of Judson Memorial Church, NYC

Holy Radiators: Songs of Resistance & Devotion, "O Way-Out-of-No-Way"

IV. Fear Torn
music—Toby Twining, text—Konstantin Kulakov (December 2016)
John Bellemer (tenor), Toby Twining (Lou Harrison resophonic guitar)

dedicated to the people of Judson Memorial Church, NYC

Holy Radiators: Songs of Resistance & Devotion, "Fear Torn"

III. Though the City Heaves from Exhaustion
music—Toby Twining, text—Konstantin Kulakov (December 2016)
John Bellemer (tenor), Toby Twining (Lou Harrison resophonic guitar)

dedicated to the people of Judson Memorial Church, NYC

Holy Radiators: Songs of Resistance & Devotion, "Though The City Heaves from Exhaustion"

2011 Guggenheim recipient Toby Twining was raised in Texas, with family roots in country-swing and gospel, and has traveled musically from playing for rock and jazz bands to composing and performing experimental music for voices with a fresh approach to harmony. He moved to New York in 1987, initially writing for modern dance choreographers who wanted the sounds of a new choral music. In 1991 he started Toby Twining Music, which performed in music halls and festivals across the United States and Europe. His recordings include Shaman (SONY, 1994), The Little Match Girl and Emily Dickinson’s Birthday Pizza on A Prairie Home Companion 20th Anniversary Album (Highbridge, 1996), Chrysalid Requiem and Eurydice (Cantaloupe Music 2002 and 2011). Twining’s instrumental music has been recorded by pianist Margaret Leng Tan and cellist Matt Haimovitz. He was a 2003 Pew Fellow, and is co-founder of Arts on the Edge Wolfeboro. 

Toby Twining Music

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