Garth Newel Piano Quartet, Haven Trio – Biedenbender: all we are given we cannot hold (2023) [FLAC 24bit/48kHz]

Garth Newel Piano Quartet, Haven Trio – Biedenbender: all we are given we cannot hold (2023)
FLAC (tracks) 24 bit/48 kHz | Time – 01:17:52 minutes | 719 MB | Genre: Classical
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All we are given we cannot hold was commissioned by the Barlow Endowment for Music Composition at Brigham Young University and is dedicated to and written for my friends in the Haven Trio––Lindsay Kesselman, Midori Koga, and Kimberly Luevano. The songs are settings of poetry by my friend Robert Fanning, selected from three of his incredible collections of work: Our Sudden Museum, The Seed Thieves, and the forthcoming All we are given we cannot hold. All of the poems connect in some way to the idea of the fleeting––the ephemeral––often capturing some small, seemingly ordinary moment, and finding a profundity and beauty within it. These poems remind me of advice once given to me by a friend. We were talking about how my children often snuggle up and cuddle with me, and she was reflecting on how her grown child no longer does that when she said, “cherish those moments. They are so special and beautiful, because you won’t realize until later that it was the last time that they did that seemingly small thing.” There are so many moments in life like this, and my hope with this piece is to reflect on their poignant beauty in an attempt to live in them more fully.

Tracklist:

01. Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble – Shell and Wing: I. Shell (08:23)
02. Pittsburgh New Music Ensemble – Shell and Wing: II. Wing (07:39)
03. Garth Newel Piano Quartet – Red Vesper (07:07)
04. Haven Trio – all we are given we cannot hold: I. The Darkness, Literal and Figurative (03:37)
05. Haven Trio – all we are given we cannot hold: II. One and a Half Miles Away from Dying (04:40)
06. Haven Trio – all we are given we cannot hold: III. Watching My Daughter Through the One Way Mirror of a Preschool Observation Room (02:41)
07. Haven Trio – all we are given we cannot hold: IV. The Thorn Birds (04:14)
08. Haven Trio – all we are given we cannot hold: V. Model Nation (03:57)
09. Haven Trio – all we are given we cannot hold: VI. Body of Work (05:40)
10. Haven Trio – all we are given we cannot hold: VII. Cuttings (04:38)
11. Garth Newel Piano Quartet – Solstice: I. Summer (05:18)
12. Garth Newel Piano Quartet – Solstice: II. Autumn (09:16)
13. Garth Newel Piano Quartet – Solstice: III. Winter (06:39)
14. Garth Newel Piano Quartet – Solstice: IV. Spring (03:58)

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