26 Little Deaths

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Label
Cantaloupe Music
Release Date
June 20, 2025
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      Carla Kihlsetdt
    • PERFORMER
      Carla Kihlstedt, Present Music
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      June 20, 2025
    • UPC
      713746320928
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      CA21209
    • LABEL
      Cantaloupe Music
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Crossover
    Works ⌄

    1. No. 1. A - Girl Descending a Staircase

      Composer: Carla Kihlstedt

      Ensemble: Present Music Ensemble

      Performer: Carla Kihlstedt

    2. No. 2. B - Childhood Friends

      Composer: Carla Kihlstedt

      Ensemble: Present Music Ensemble

      Performer: Carla Kihlstedt

    3. No. 3. C - Wasted

      Composer: Carla Kihlstedt

      Ensemble: Present Music Ensemble

      Performer: Carla Kihlstedt

    4. No. 4. D - One-Horse Open Sleigh

      Composer: Carla Kihlstedt

      Ensemble: Present Music Ensemble

      Performer: Carla Kihlstedt

    5. No. 5. E - Death by Peach

      Composer: Carla Kihlstedt

      Ensemble: Present Music Ensemble

      Performer: Carla Kihlstedt

    6. No. 6. F - Sucker

      Composer: Carla Kihlstedt

      Ensemble: Present Music Ensemble

      Performer: Carla Kihlstedt

    7. No. 7. G - Hide 'n Seek

      Composer: Carla Kihlstedt

      Ensemble: Present Music Ensemble

      Performer: Carla Kihlstedt

    8. No. 8. H - Waiting (arr. H. McNulty)

      Composer: Carla Kihlstedt

      Ensemble: Present Music Ensemble

      Performer: Carla Kihlstedt

    9. No. 9. I - Ida and the Undines

      Composer: Carla Kihlstedt

      Ensemble: Present Music Ensemble

      Performer: Carla Kihlstedt

    10. No. 10. J - Cabinet of Curiosity

      Composer: Carla Kihlstedt

      Ensemble: Present Music Ensemble

      Performer: Carla Kihlstedt

    11. No. 11. K - New Moon (arr. M. Orton)

      Composer: Carla Kihlstedt

      Ensemble: Present Music Ensemble

      Performer: Carla Kihlstedt

    12. No. 12. K - L - Pica

      Composer: Carla Kihlstedt

      Ensemble: Present Music Ensemble

      Performer: Carla Kihlstedt

    13. No. 13. M - Frisson (arr. J. Flower)

      Composer: Carla Kihlstedt

      Ensemble: Present Music Ensemble

      Performer: Carla Kihlstedt

    14. No. 14. N - Ennui (arr. A. Chais, J. Flower, B. Goldberg, A. Jaffe, C. Kihlstedt and A. Ortiz)

      Composer: Carla Kihlstedt

      Ensemble: Present Music Ensemble

      Performer: Carla Kihlstedt

    15. No. 15. O - Awl and Nothing (arr. R. Zahab)

      Composer: Carla Kihlstedt

      Ensemble: Present Music Ensemble

      Performer: Carla Kihlstedt

    16. No. 16. P - Knock, Knock! (arr. H. Netsky)

      Composer: Carla Kihlstedt

      Ensemble: Present Music Ensemble

      Performer: Carla Kihlstedt

    17. No. 17. Q - Quagmire

      Composer: Carla Kihlstedt

      Ensemble: Present Music Ensemble

      Performer: Carla Kihlstedt

    18. No. 18. R - In Flagrante

      Composer: Carla Kihlstedt

      Ensemble: Present Music Ensemble

      Performer: Carla Kihlstedt

    19. No. 19. S - Stupid Fort (words and melody by V. Bossi)

      Composer: Carla Kihlstedt

      Ensemble: Present Music Ensemble

      Performer: Carla Kihlstedt

    20. No. 20. T - Wooden Boxes

      Composer: Carla Kihlstedt

      Ensemble: Present Music Ensemble

      Performer: Carla Kihlstedt

    21. No. 21. U - I Don't Mean Gurgle

      Composer: Carla Kihlstedt

      Ensemble: Present Music Ensemble

      Performer: Carla Kihlstedt

    22. No. 22. V - Train of Thought (arr. M. Orton)

      Composer: Carla Kihlstedt

      Ensemble: Present Music Ensemble

      Performer: Carla Kihlstedt

    23. No. 23. W - Ice Cathedral

      Composer: Carla Kihlstedt

      Ensemble: Present Music Ensemble

      Performer: Carla Kihlstedt

    24. No. 24. X - Gnaw (arr. M. Orton)

      Composer: Carla Kihlstedt

      Ensemble: Present Music Ensemble

      Performer: Carla Kihlstedt

    25. No. 25. Y - The Problem of the Tower and the Clouds (arr. M. Orton)

      Composer: Carla Kihlstedt

      Ensemble: Present Music Ensemble

      Performer: Carla Kihlstedt

    26. No. 26. Z - Love Song for Dolly (arr. M. Orton)

      Composer: Carla Kihlstedt

      Ensemble: Present Music Ensemble

      Performer: Carla Kihlstedt


26 Little Deaths - the new album from composer, singer and violinist Carla Kihlstedt and the contemporary ensemble Present Music - celebrates the macabre wit of iconic writer and illustrator Edward Gorey (1925-2000), whose 100th birthday fell on February 22, 2025. The album is an hour-long set of 26 miniatures for singing violinist and chamber orchestra, inspired by Gorey's macabre children's book, The Gashlycrumb Tinies. Following in the footsteps of Hanns Eisler and Kurt Weill, who moved seamlessly between art song, pop song and cabaret, Kihlstedt has created a work that captures the pathos, humor and wit of Gorey's indelible images.