Five Borough Songbook - 20 New Songs by 20 Composers celebrating New York

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	City of Orgies, Walks, and Joys! - City of Orgies, Walks, and Joys!
	Refugee Blues - Refugee Blues
	The Avenue (II) - The Avenue (II)
	Days afield on Staten Island - Days afield on Staten Island
	The New Yorkers - The New Yorkers
	Looking West on a Humid Summer Evening - Looking West on a Humid Summer Evening
	At Home in Staten Island - At Home in Staten Island
	8:46 AM, Five Years Later - 8:46 AM, Five Years Later
	Secret Assignation - Secret Assignation
	The Center of the Universe - The Center of the Universe

Album Summary

Performers

• Martha Guth
• Thomas Bagwell (Piano)
• Jesse Blumberg (Baritone)
• David Moore
• Scott Dispensa (Baritone)
• Margaret Bragle
• Harumi Rhodes (Violin)
• Mireille Asselin
• Javier Abreu
• David McFerrin
• Jocelyn Dueck (Piano)
• Blythe Gaissert
• Alex Richardson
• Keith Jameson

Composers

• Lisa Bielawa
• Gabriel Kahane
• Christina Courtin (1984 - )
• Mohammed Fairouz (1985 - )
• Daron Hagen (1961 - )
• John Glover
• Ricky Ian Gordon (1956 - )
• Martin Hennessy
• Yotam Haber
• Tom Cipullo (1957 - )
• Russell Platt (1965 - )
• Renée Favand-See (Composer)
• Christopher Tignor
• Glen Roven
• Gilda Lyons
• Christopher Berg (Composer) (1949 - )
• Jorge Martin
• Matt Schickele
• Scott Wheeler (Composer) (1952 - )
• Richard Pearson Thomas (Piano)

Notes & Reviews:

For its fifth anniversary internationally renowned Five Borough Music Festival commissioned twenty prominent American composers to compose original art songs about New York City. The Five Borough Songbook is the happy result. Prestigious composers include Bielawa, Cipullo, Fairouz, Gordon, Hagen, Kahane, Martin, Platt, Roven, Schickele and more.

Notes & Reviews:

Recording information: Sound Associates (10/2011-11/2011).

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Works Details

Gordon, Ricky Ian : O City of Ships, for 2 voices & piano

• Performers: Martha Guth; Thomas Bagwell (Piano); Jesse Blumberg (Baritone)
• Running Time: 3 min. 32 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Roven, Glen : F from DUMBO, for voice & piano

• Performers: David Moore; Thomas Bagwell (Piano)
• Running Time: 5 min. 19 sec.

Bielawa, Lisa : Breakfast in New York, for 4 voices & violin

• Performers: Scott Dispensa (Baritone); Margaret Bragle; Harumi Rhodes (Violin); Mireille Asselin; Javier Abreu
• Running Time: 6 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Hennessy, Martin : The City's Love, for voice & piano

• Performers: David McFerrin; Jocelyn Dueck (Piano)
• Running Time: 2 min. 39 sec.

Lyons, Gilda : rapid transit, for 2 voices

• Performers: Martha Guth; Blythe Gaissert
• Running Time: 4 min. 47 sec.

Kahane, Gabriel : Coney Island Avenue, for voice & piano

• Performers: Jocelyn Dueck (Piano); Blythe Gaissert
• Running Time: 3 min. 23 sec.

Haber, Yotam : On Leaving Brooklyn, for 4 voices & violin

• Performers: Harumi Rhodes (Violin); Mireille Asselin; Javier Abreu; Scott Dispensa (Baritone); Margaret Bragle
• Running Time: 4 min. 39 sec.

Berg, Christopher : OuLiPo in the Bronx, for voice & piano

• Performers: Thomas Bagwell (Piano); Alex Richardson
• Running Time: 3 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Courtin, Christina : Fresh Kills, for voice & piano

• Performers: Martha Guth; Jocelyn Dueck (Piano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 55 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Cipullo, Tom : G is for Grimy :: An Ode to the G Train, for 4 voices & piano

• Performers: Alex Richardson; Blythe Gaissert; David McFerrin; Thomas Bagwell (Piano); Martha Guth
• Running Time: 5 min. 7 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Choral

Martin, Jorge : City of Orgies, Walks, and Joys!, for 2 voices, violin & piano

• Performers: Alex Richardson; Blythe Gaissert; Thomas Bagwell (Piano); Harumi Rhodes (Violin)
• Running Time: 5 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Fairouz, Mohammed : Refugee Blues, for voice & piano

• Performers: Thomas Bagwell (Piano); Blythe Gaissert
• Running Time: 9 min. 5 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Platt, Russell : The Avenue (II), for voice & piano

• Performers: Thomas Bagwell (Piano); Alex Richardson
• Running Time: 2 min. 45 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Schickele, Matt : Days Afield on Staten Island, for 3 voices & piano

• Performers: Thomas Bagwell (Piano); Martha Guth; Keith Jameson; Jesse Blumberg (Baritone)
• Running Time: 5 min. 42 sec.

Hagen, Daron : The New Yorkers, for 2 voices & piano

• Performers: Martha Guth; Alex Richardson; Jocelyn Dueck (Piano)
• Running Time: 5 min. 31 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Renée Favand-See (Composer) : Looking West on a Humid Summer Evening, for voice & piano

• Performers: Blythe Gaissert; Jocelyn Dueck (Piano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 56 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary
• Form: Vocal

Wheeler, Scott : At Home in Staten Island, for voice & violin

• Performers: Martha Guth; Harumi Rhodes (Violin)
• Running Time: 5 min. 47 sec.
• Period Time: Contemporary

Glover, John : 8 :: 46 AM, Five Years Later, for voice & piano

• Performers: Jesse Blumberg (Baritone); Jocelyn Dueck (Piano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 13 sec.

Tignor, Christopher : Secret Assignation, for 4 voices, violin & piano

• Performers: Margaret Bragle; Jesse Blumberg (Baritone); Harumi Rhodes (Violin); Keith Jameson; Jocelyn Dueck (Piano); Martha Guth
• Running Time: 5 min. 43 sec.

Thomas, Richard Pearson : The Center of the Universe, for 4 voices, violin & piano

• Performers: Keith Jameson; Margaret Bragle; Martha Guth; Harumi Rhodes (Violin); Jesse Blumberg (Baritone); Jocelyn Dueck (Piano)
• Running Time: 3 min. 32 sec.