European American Music Distributors Company is a member of the Schott Music Group

World Premiere Recording of Joseph Schwantner's Dream Drapery "Thoreau Songs"

Jul. 15, 2020

World Premiere Recording of Joseph Schwantner's <em>Dream Drapery</em> "Thoreau Songs"

The Galax Quartet's latest recording, "Dream Drapery", featuring contralto, Karen R. Clark will be released on August 21. The new disc features the exquisite world premiere recording of Joseph Schwantner's  Dream Drapery — "Thoreau Songs" for contralto and Baroque string quartet, which the quartet commissioned. The recording is available for pre-order from Music and Arts here.

Joseph Schwantner notes,

"I was immediately drawn to the quartet’s poignant, intimate and expressive sound world, the evocative and hauntingly beautiful voice of contralto Karen Clark and the poetry of Henry David Thoreau whose words so thoroughly capture the transcendental spirit of nineteenth century New England life. Living and working in the high hills of rural New Hampshire provided a synergy of poetry and music that formed an ideal union to help frame the mood, character and direction of this work."


Listen to Joseph Schwantner's Percussion Concerto (1994) here:

(Percussion Concerto/Joseph Schwantner/Nashville Symphony Orchestra/
Giancarlo Guerrero/Christopher Lamb, percussion)

To learn more about Joseph Schwantner, visit: schott-music.com.

Joseph Schwantner
Dream Drapery — "Thoreau Songs" (2012)
for contralto and Baroque string quartet
contralto(2 glass crystals).2vn.va da gamba.vc
20'


News