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Black Mountain Songs

Bryce Dessner (guitar), Richard Reed Parry (bass guitar), Miranda Cuckson (violin), Elena Moon Park (violin), Paul Wiancko (cello), Ning Yu (piano), David Cossin (percussion), Edward A. Malave (viola), Caroline Shaw (viola), Aleeza Meir (piano)

Brooklyn Youth Chorus, Dianne Berkun Menaker

Release Date: 31st Mar 2017
Catalogue No: NWAM087
Label: New Amsterdam
Length: 77 minutes

Dessner: Black Mountain Song

Work length4:47

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Bryce Dessner, Richard Reed Parry, Miranda Cuckson, Elena Moon Park, Paul Wiancko, Ning Yu, David Cossin
Brooklyn Youth Chorus
Dianne Berkun Menaker

Parry, R: there is a sound

Work length4:15

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Richard Reed Parry, Edward A. Malave, Bryce Dessner, Miranda Cuckson, Elena Moon Park, Paul Wiancko, Ning Yu, David Cossin
Brooklyn Youth Chorus
Dianne Berkun Menaker

Shaw, C: Its Motion Keeps

Work length7:30

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Caroline Shaw
Brooklyn Youth Chorus
Dianne Berkun Menaker

King, J: ars imitatur naturam

Work length7:14

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Brooklyn Youth Chorus
Dianne Berkun Menaker

Dessner: My World

Work length4:38

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Bryce Dessner, Richard Reed Parry, Miranda Cuckson, Elena Moon Park, Caroline Shaw, Paul Wiancko, Ning Yu, David Cossin
Brooklyn Youth Chorus
Dianne Berkun Menaker

Alexandra Vrebalov: Bubbles

Work length8:36

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Aleeza Meir, Bryce Dessner, Richard Reed Parry, Miranda Cuckson, Elena Moon Park, Caroline Shaw, Paul Wiancko, David Cossin
Brooklyn Youth Chorus
Dianne Berkun Menaker

Bischoff, Jherek: Childhood's Retreat

Work length4:46

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Bryce Dessner, Richard Reed Parry, Miranda Cuckson, Elena Moon Park, Caroline Shaw, Paul Wiancko, Ning Yu, David Cossin
Brooklyn Youth Chorus
Dianne Berkun Menaker

Muhly: Fielding Dawson in Franz Kline's Studio

Work length5:06

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Bryce Dessner, Richard Reed Parry, Miranda Cuckson, Elena Moon Park, Edward A. Malave, Paul Wiancko, Ning Yu, David Cossin
Brooklyn Youth Chorus
Dianne Berkun Menaker

Dessner: Maximus to Gloucester

Work length8:55

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Bryce Dessner, Richard Reed Parry, Miranda Cuckson, Elena Moon Park, Caroline Shaw, Paul Wiancko, Ning Yu, David Cossin
Brooklyn Youth Chorus
Dianne Berkun Menaker

Parry, R: Spaceship Earth

Work length5:25

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Richard Reed Parry, Bryce Dessner, Miranda Cuckson, Elena Moon Park, Paul Wiancko, Ning Yu, David Cossin
Brooklyn Youth Chorus
Dianne Berkun Menaker

Bryce Dessner, Tim Hecker: M.C. Richards

Work length3:48

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Bryce Dessner, Richard Reed Parry, Miranda Cuckson, Elena Moon Park, Caroline Shaw, Paul Wiancko, David Cossin
Brooklyn Youth Chorus
Dianne Berkun Menaker

Shaw, C: Anni's Constant

Work length7:22

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Caroline Shaw, Bryce Dessner, Richard Reed Parry, Miranda Cuckson, Elena Moon Park, Paul Wiancko, Aleeza Meir, David Cossin
Brooklyn Youth Chorus
Dianne Berkun Menaker

Parry, R: Their Passing in Time

Work length4:48

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Richard Reed Parry, Bryce Dessner, Miranda Cuckson, Elena Moon Park, Caroline Shaw, Paul Wiancko, Ning Yu, David Cossin
Brooklyn Youth Chorus
Dianne Berkun Menaker

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Black Mountain Songs is "an exhilarating, 90-minute staged choral work with readings, videos, dancers and, at its core, the singing of the impressive Brooklyn Youth Chorus... The choral songs at the heart of this work are performed with confidence, energy and tenderness by teh 50 skilled singers of the Brooklyn Youth Chorus... The sheer beauty of their singing was captivating." (The New York Times, November 2014). Bryce Dessner writes, "I've been interested in Black Mountain College for many years. I went to summer camp in North Carolina as a kid just a few miles from the site of the college and actually learned to play music in those same mountains that spawned some of the greatest artists and art movements of the 20th century. It has been an unbelievable joy to explore the history of Black Mountain with the amazingly talented Brooklyn Youth Chorus and to embrace the spirit of self-discovery and collaboration that was so essential to the college. While we set out to create a work inspired by the College, ultimately what we have made is something entirely new and our own, and I have learned more in this process from the courageous young singers of the Chorus than I could ever hope to teach them. Perhaps Black Mountain alumnus and writer Fielding Dawson said it best: "All the interviewing of former students and faculty are but shallow reminders, dim reflections. It is too bad, and may seem unfair, but so Black Mountain was, and if you weren't there, you will never know, or understand. Unless you create it. That's the catch. If you never were there, you'll have to create it."

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