Martha Guth, soprano; Tyler Duncan, baritone; Erika Switzer, piano. Text by Robin Richardson. Four parts of an original eight part sequence: I - Meditations Before and After Living; II - Reddened by Hammer; IV - Without a Roof; VIII - Go By Contraries.
Tony Arnold, soprano; Jacob Greenberg, harmonium. German for "Five Words". Five movements: I - Frühjahrsmüdigkeit ("spring fatigue"); II - Fingerspitzengefühl ("sure instinct"); III - Verschlimmbessern ("worsen it"); IV - Kuddelmuddel ("mess"); V - Sehnsucht ("nostalgia").
Six movements: I - (mangetsu); II - From darkness; III - (mangetsu); IV - The Stolen Child; V - You told me; VI - (mangetsu). Susan Botti, soprano; Airi Yoshioka, violin. A setting of three texts exploring the mystery of the moon by Izumi Shikibu, William Butler Yeats and Antoine de St.-Exupéry, plus three wordless songs or "mangetsu".
Texts by Emmanuel Iduma, from the book "A Stranger's Pose" (Cassava Republic Press, 2018). Sara Serpa, vocals; Emmanuel Iduma, spoken word; Sofía Rei, vocals; Aubrey Johnson, vocals; Matt Mitchell, piano; Qasim Naqvi, modular synth. The last three of thirteen parts: XI - In Due Course; XII - Night; XIII - For You I Must Become A Tree.
