"Make Me Smile" is a song written by #JamesPankow for the rock band #Chicago with the band's guitarist, #TerryKath, on #leadVocals. Part 1 of Pankow's 7-part "#BalletForAGirlInBuchannon" #songCycle/suite, it was recorded for their second album, Chicago (often called Chicago II), which was released in 1970. The song "Now More Than Ever", a separate track from the same song suite, serves as a #reprise of the song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMk-Qdajf3M
#songCycle
"The voice awakens within the sound, and this is a dive into an invisible ocean, where body and soul cease to be opposites and become the same pulsar."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNpIYa_LXPw
#poesia #poesiaacustica #musica #music #transcendance #spirity #indie #indiemusic #dreamy #femalevocals #gatedreverbpads #prosa #mysterious #songcycle #cycles #tribalpercussion #suno #ownlyrics #iamthesea #introspective #poem #poetry #newage
"Lux Mundi" ✨ - Music
Lux... Mundi... veni... ad me...
Tenebrae... cadunt... in luce tua...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hgl37FqZEc4
#poesia #poesiaacustica #musica #music #transcendance #spirity #indie #indiemusic #dreamy #femalevocals #gatedreverbpads #prosa #mysterious #songcycle #cycles #tribalpercussion #suno #ownlyrics #iamthesea #introspective
"Echoes through a thousand windows" ✨ - Music
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrebLko7AJc
#poesia #poesiaacustica #musica #music #transcendance #spirity #indie #indiemusic #dreamy #femalevocals #gatedreverbpads #prosa #mysterious #songcycle #cycles #tribalpercussion #suno #ownlyrics #iamthesea #introspective
Whispers of the Tide ✨ - Music - Musica do meu repertório disponivel em amor.bigbig.com
"Whispers of the Tide" uma reflexão lírica sobre memória, amor, perda e transcendência, onde a natureza serve como espelho da alma e do eterno ciclo da vida.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixwvV07quJg
#poesia #poesiaacustica #musica #music #transcendance #spirity #indie #indiemusic #dreamy #femalevocals #gatedreverbpads #prosa #mysterious #songcycle #cycles #tribalpercussion #suno #ownlyrics #iamthesea #introspective
“Living the Aftermath” EP – Coming Soon!
My latest release with Navona Records, LIVING THE AFTERMATH, will be available on November 14th!
Visit the album page here for liner notes, credits, and all the info on where to stream it when it’s out!
Featuring the talents of soprano Claire Fedoruk and pianist Lydia Wu, LIVING THE AFTERMATH is a song cycle that transforms grief into music, guiding listeners through its universal yet deeply personal journey. Each movement symbolizes a stage of grief — from acknowledgment to understanding, acceptance, and finally, the hope embodied in the closing piece, Psalm 47. The result is not only a reflection of loss and tragedy but also a perspective that uplifts, offering a path forward through sound.
Few things are as paradoxically universal and idiosyncratic as grief: it befalls everyone at some point, but the manner in which it is handled is deeply personal. Artists, naturally, turn to art. Composers turn to composing. And Sarah Wallin Huff has created a musical vademecum in LIVING THE AFTERMATH, a song cycle which not only validates loss and tragedy, but also offers a path forward.
Each part of this song cycle symbolizes a different stage of grief. In the first, sorrow is acknowledged; in the second, understood; in the third, accepted; and in the album’s closing piece, Psalm 47, the path forward is illuminated and embraced with hope. This is an album that does what few can: it offers perspective — and the result is genuinely uplifting.
#chamberMusic #modernClassicalMusic #piano #sacred #songCycle #soprano #vocalMusic
"Colour My World" is a song written by #American musician #JamesPankow, one of the founding members of the #rock/#jazzFusion band #Chicago. Part of Pankow's "#BalletForAGirlInBuchannon" #songCycle/suite, it was recorded for their second album Chicago, also called Chicago II (1970). #TerryKath sings the lead vocal, and #WalterParazaider performs a flute solo. The song was initially released as the B-side to "#MakeMeSmile" in March 1970.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cWkXmx-0phc
Free download codes:
Matt DeMello - Confetti in a Coalmine
"irreverence, absolute disdain, and jaunty theatrics"
"Make Me Smile" is a song written by #JamesPankow for the rock band #Chicago with the band's guitarist, #TerryKath, on #leadVocals. Part 1 of Pankow's 7-part "#BalletForAGirlInBuchannon" #songCycle/suite, it was recorded for their second album, Chicago (often called Chicago II), which was released in 1970. The song "Now More Than Ever", a separate track from the same song suite, serves as a #reprise of the song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NifeiFF2Ufo
Rehearsal: "The Old Beggar-Woman"
Living the Aftermath: II. Solace (Version for Mezzo/Alto): Demo Video
Free download codes:
Matt DeMello - Confetti in a Coalmine
"irreverence, absolute disdain, and jaunty theatrics"
Had a wonderful #recording #session at Stagg Street Studio in Van Nuys, CA today with Claire Fedoruk (soprano), Lydia Wu (piano), and Dave Martinez (engineer)!
#songcycle #soprano #piano #womencomposers #neurodivergentcomposer
From a “Letters to Fred” review:
“We are witnessing in real time similar events to those that occurred in Germany 90 years ago. This work, like all other stories from the Holocaust, should serve as a stark warning to all of us that the horrors will never be a thing of the past unless we keep fighting to keep them there.”
https://critiquebrainz.org/review/50af802a-283a-467e-9cb8-97d3b4ee2200
#BrachaBdil #SongCycle #LettersToFred #HolocaustRemembrance #NeverAgain #Mazeldon #Review
"Make Me Smile" is a song written by #JamesPankow for the rock band #Chicago with the band's guitarist, #TerryKath, on #leadVocals. Part 1 of Pankow's 7-part "#BalletForAGirlInBuchannon" #songCycle/suite, it was recorded for their second album, Chicago (often called Chicago II), which was released in 1970. The song "Now More Than Ever", a separate track from the same song suite, serves as a #reprise of the song.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NifeiFF2Ufo
Free download codes:
Matt DeMello - Confetti in a Coalmine
"irreverence, absolute disdain, and jaunty theatrics"
2/2
Thrilled to have another article about „Letters to Fred“ – #NeverAgainIsNow!
”At the center of the commissioned work is Fred Herzberg, who was rescued by a Kindertransport to England in 1939, while his parents and sister were murdered in Auschwitz.“
Thank you so much, Sven Koch and Lippische Landes-Zeitung!
#LettersToFred #NeverAgain #HolocaustRemembrance #Detmold #Darmstadt #SongCycle #BrachaBdil #GiacomoMarignani #operaSinger #Mazeldon
![Screenshot from the Lippische Landes-Zeitung website. On the left a close-up of a dark-haired woman with red lipstick (Megan Marie Hart, photo: Jo Herzberg, CC BY-SA 4.0), on the right yellow and white text on dark gray in German:
Erinnern & Gedenken
Darmstädter Theater vertont „Letters to Fred“ und erinnert an Detmolder Familie Herzberg
Das Stück feierte schon Ende Januar anlässlich des Holocaust-Gedenktages seine Premiere. Angestoßen wurde das Auftragswerk der Komponistin Bracha Bdil durch die Initiative von Sängerin und Detmolder Theaterpreisträgerin Megan Marie Hart und Joanne Herzberg.
26. Februar 2025
[The piece celebrated its premiere at the end of January on the occasion of Holocaust Remembrance Day. The commissioned work by composer Bracha Bdil was initiated by singer and Detmold Theater Prize winner Megan Marie Hart and Joanne Herzberg.
February 26, 2025]](https://files.mastodon.social/media_attachments/files/114/082/520/899/345/277/original/77632c29a6e09f39.png)
Ich freue mich sehr über einen weiteren Artikel über „Letters to Fred“ –#NeverAgainIsNow!
„Im Zentrum des Auftragswerks steht Fred Herzberg, der 1939 durch einen Kindertransport nach England gerettet wurde, während seine Eltern und seine Schwester in Auschwitz ermordet wurden.“
Vielen Dank, Sven Koch und Lippische Landes-Zeitung!
#LettersToFred #NeverAgain #HolocaustRemembrance #Detmold #Darmstadt #SongCycle #BrachaBdil #GiacomoMarignani #operaSinger #Mazeldon
"Colour My World" is a song written by #American musician #JamesPankow, one of the founding members of the #rock/#jazzFusion band #Chicago. Part of Pankow's "#BalletForAGirlInBuchannon" #songCycle/suite, it was recorded for their second album Chicago, also called Chicago II (1970). #TerryKath sings the lead vocal, and #WalterParazaider performs the memorable flute solo. The song was initially released as the B-side to "#MakeMeSmile" in March 1970.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pKvNoC0SRoY
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