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The works presented on this disc have in common the use of folk music from Lithuania, the Northern Caucasus and the Near East, contrasting their melody and simplicity with a more aggressive modernist style to provide a commentary on the gradual transformation of, and struggle between, musical cultures that invokes Bartok’s treatment of his native Hungarian folksong. The works are performed by the artists for whom they were written and the recording was made in Vilnius, Lithuania.
Sadie Harrison: An Unexpected Light
An Unexpected Light
Sadie Harrison: A Hidden Light
A Hidden Light
Sadie Harrison: Geda's Weavings
First Weaving
Second Weaving
Third Weaving
Sadie Harrison: Songs for Rusne: 7 Lithuanian Folk Songs
No. 1. Oi, toli toli (Oh, Far Far Away)
No. 2. Vativoolo, oolo - No. 3. O ginali ginali (Come, Little Shepherd)
No. 4. Pute vejas (The Wind Has Blown)
No. 5. A-a, a-a, mazulyte (Ah, ah, the Little One)
No. 6. Saulala motula (Dear Mother Sun)
No. 7. Us, birrr, telek (Us, Birr, Piggies Home)
Sadie Harrison: … an angel reads my open book …
I. spring: father's orchard
II. a dream: autumn in palanga
III. traces of the toad cult found alongside veprynas lake
IV. the collective request of the dead country children of pateru village
V. bell music for st casimir
Sadie Harrison: The Bride's Journey in 3 Songs and a Memory
I. … the love song before the wedding …
II. … the song sung while returning from the wedding …
III. … lamenting a week after the wedding …
IV. … a memory of days before wedlock …
June 2007
“An absorbing and appealing compilation.”
“One of her gratifying qualities—not indispensable to a composer, but it helps—is that she likes sound. This is music that compels the attention.”
An Unexpected Light
