5023363022927

Kate Whitley : I Am I Say

The Multi-Story Orchestra; Christopher Stark

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Format: CD

Cat No: NMCD229

Release Date:  24 March 2017

Label:  NMC Recordings

Packaging Type:  Jewel Case

No of Units:  1

Barcode:  5023363022927

Genres:  Classical  Contemporary  

  • Description

    This new release by Kate Whitley in NMC's Debut Discs series comprises a wide-ranging repertoire – from piano miniatures and chamber works to a concerto and the album title track for children's choir and The Multi-Story Orchestra. With lyrics by poet Sabrina Mahfouz that imagine a world which 'beats with beauty' and cautions against human abuse of nature around us, I am I say is performed by soprano Sarah-Jane Lewis, bass Ashley Riches and a choir made up of children from three South London primary schools.

    The wildly expressive Viola Concerto was Kate's first orchestral work and was written for Shiry Rashkovsky when they were both students. 5 Piano Pieces, recorded here by pianist Rolf Hind, is made up of five self-contained movements – declamatory, spacious, aggressive, sad and triumphant – each comprising repeated sections evoking a different and distinct mood. 3 Violin and Piano Pieces is inspired by Janá?ek's Viola Sonata and has a similarly tense and fragmentary character, with beautiful intertwined dialogue between both instruments and Duo for Violin and Viola was written for a choreography inspired by a sculpture called 'Wrestlers' by Henri Gaudier Brzeska.

  • Tracklisting

      Disc 1

      Side 1

      • 1. Kate Whitley: Viola Concerto I Recitative, Allegro impetuoso
      • 2. Kate Whitley: Viola Concerto II Intermezzo, moderato
      • 3. Kate Whitley: Viola Concerto III Aria, largo
      • 4. Kate Whitley: Viola Concerto IV Cadenza, vivace
      • 5. Kate Whitley: 3 Pieces for Violin and Piano I
      • 6. Kate Whitley: 3 Pieces for Violin and Piano II
      • 7. Kate Whitley: 3 Pieces for Violin and Piano III
      • 8. Kate Whitley: 5 Piano Pieces I
      • 9. Kate Whitley: 5 Piano Pieces II
      • 10. Kate Whitley: 5 Piano Pieces III
      • 11. Kate Whitley: 5 Piano Pieces IV
      • 12. Kate Whitley: 5 Piano Pieces V
      • 13. Kate Whitley: Duo for Violin and Viola
      • 14. Kate Whitley: I am I say