Tangling with the Epic CD

Songs by Diana Blom and Tyler Goodrich White; with 
MeeAe Cecilia Nam, Kevin Hanrahan,  Patrick McNally,
  Robert Mills, Kwam Dawes, John Kinsella

  A dialogue in voice and song

Edgar “Yip” Harburg, an American lyricists known as “Broadway’s social conscience,” said, "Words make you think a thought. Music makes you feel a feeling. A song makes you feel a thought." This project strives to do just that through the exploration of new art songs for soprano, tenor, baritone, and piano. The project originated out of a need for English language duets between tenor and baritone and grew into much more. At its very essence the project is about the joys and struggles of life. It includes songs born out of the pandemic (Modern Folksong), everyday activities (Life & Southern Songs), and special moments in life (Set Me as a Seal). Anchoring these songs is Tangling with the Epic, a song cycle for tenor, baritone, and piano.

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CD 1
[1] The Ballad of the Canterbury Pilgrims (Blom) [8:10]
[2-4] Life (Blom)
    Prayer [2:30], Saturday Supermarket [2:58], The Royal Exchange [1:49]
[5] Set Me as a Seal (White) [9:47]
[6-9] Modern Folksong (Blom)
    Time [1:17], Forgotten Fire [2:49], Thinking Antarctica [1:31], The Good News [1:47]
[10] The Gambler’s Son: Out of a tight spot (White) [5:59]
[11-14] Southern Songs (Blom)
    Legend [6:43], New Bird [3:03], Rodin’s dancers [4:38], The Bond of Bees [1:30]
CD 2
Tangling with the Epic:
[1] There isn’t a Quid Pro Quo – Poem [0:33]
[2] There isn’t a Quid Pro Quo (Blom) [1:40]
[3] On Sunday the tepid sermon sharpened – Poem [0:46]
[4] On Sunday the tepid sermon sharpened (Blom) [2:10]
[5] Back where hills are horizons – Poem [0:27]
[6] Back where hills are horizons (Blom) [1:49]
[7] Saturn is close to the strawberry moon – Poem [0:31]
[8] Saturn is close to the strawberry moon (White) [3:21]
[9] So now in the doldrums – Poem [0:46]
[10] So now in the doldrums (White) [4:02]
[11] Regret is hillside erosion – Poem [0:29]
[12] Regret is hillside erosion (White) [4:21]
[13] The truth is, John – Poem [0:40]
[14] The truth is, John (Blom) [1:13]
[15] Don’t, Kwame (Little White Lies) – Poem [0:30]
[16] Don’t, Kwame (Blom) [1:07]
[17] I’m changing landscapes – Poem [1:05]
[18] I’m changing landscapes (Blom) [2:55]
[19] Off the coast – Poem [0:45]
[20] Off the coast (White) [3:10]
[21] I want to be trapped in twilight – Poem [0:30]
[22] I want to be trapped in twilight (White) [3:17]
[23] Bless – a double (These Days There is Sugar) – Poem [1:13]
[24] Bless – a double (White) [7:00]

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