Ted Hearne: Katrina Ballads

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KATRINA BALLADS is a powerful new piece of music by Ted Hearne, performed by 5 singers and a band of 11 musicians. Drawn entirely from primary source-texts from the week following Hurricane Katrina - including everything from first-person testimonies of survivors to George W. Bush’s infamous “heckuva job” – Katrina Ballads creates a vivid look into America’s darkest hours. Like American music and New Orleans itself, Katrina Ballads is an omnivorous and multistylistic work. In a new production featuring film by Bill Morrison and scenic design by Jim Findlay, Katrina Ballads is a riveting full-body experience, challenging us to remember that devastating and telling week in September 2005, and calling us to reflect upon our own history.

KATRINA BALLADS was premiered on May 31, 2007 at the Circular Congregational Church in Charleston, South Carolina, as a featured performance of the Piccolo Spoleto Festival. The work has since been performed in concert settings in Chicago, New York and New Haven. Excerpts have been performed at the New York City Opera's VOX Showcase, and at the Bang on a Can Marathon at Mass MoCA. The piece was performed by de ereprijs at the 2009 Gaudeamus Festival in Amsterdam, and the recipient of the 2009 Gaudeamus Prize for composition.

Tracks:
1 Prologue: Keeping Its Head above Water - 00:06:32
2 When We Awoke, It Was to That Familiar Phrase: New Orleans Dodged a Bullet - 00:08:22
3 Hardy Jackson - 00:04:56
4 Interlude 1 - 00:01:42
5 Dennis Hastert: 9.1.05 - 00:03:27
6 Bridge to Gretna - 00:04:28
7 Anderson Cooper and Mary Landrieu: 9.1.05 - 00:07:55
8 Brownie You're Doing a Heck of a Job - 00:02:46
9 Interlude 2 - 00:02:34
10 Barbara Bush: 9.5.05 - 00:02:29
11 Kanye West: 9.2.05 - 00:07:28
12 Ashley Nelson - 00:10:13


Product Description:


  • Catalog Number: NWAM011


  • UPC: 884501328791


  • Label: New Amsterdam


  • Composer: Ted Hearne


  • Performer: Abby Fischer, Allison Semmes, Anthony Turner, Isaiah Robinson, Nathan Koci, Ted Hearne