Description
Deep Sky Objects is a cycle of love songs set in the distant future, exploring intergalactic longing and desire. It is scored for soprano, piano quintet, and pre-recorded electronic sounds. When the piano quintet was in its heyday, the subject that permeated so many of the great Romantic song cycles was that of longing and lost love. Deep Sky Objects transfers this trope to the outer reaches of the universe. In the cycle a woman sings of her lover who is far away in a remote planet in some unspecified star system. At moments she remembers a time when they were together, but mostly she longs for him and stoically imagines that his presence, even so remote, gives her hope.
Tracks
1. Movement I: Satellite 2:25
2. Movement II: Clouds 3:22
3. Movement III: Storm 1:32
4. Movement IV: Star 1:08
5. Movement V: Time 2:08
6. Movement VI: Space 2:49
7. Movement VII: Light 2:27
8. Movement VIII: Want 1:50
9. Movement IX: Belief 3:14
10. Movement X: Duet 4:28
Deep Sky Objects was made possible by the Chamber Music America Commissioning Program, with generous funding provided by The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, and the Chamber Music America Endowment Fund.
Music by SEBASTIAN CURRIER
Poetry by SARAH MANGUSO
MUSIQA
featuring
KAROL BENNETT, soprano
MAUREEN NELSON, violin
LISA BURRELL, violin
JAMES DUNHAM, viola
LACHEZAR KOSTOV, cello
TALI MORGULIS, piano
Sound Design: Chapman Welch
Computer performer: Ben Krause
Deep Sky Objects was recorded live on September 22, 2012 at the Hobby Center for the Performing Arts, Houston, Texas.
© New Musiq Recordings
Cover photo © Colin Legg