Cornish: Into Silence / Various
Details
- Composer
- CORNISH, JANE ANTONIA
- Artist
- Thorsteinsdottir, Sullivan, Bryant, Berry, Chow, Elashvili
- Format
- CD
- Label
- Innova Recordings
- Released
- Aug 25, 2017
- Catalog #
- INN976
- UPC
- 726708697624
About
Time, silence, light, reflection and transcendence are all explored in Jane Antonia Cornish's new album, Into Silence. A breathless fragility on the precipice of liminal space imbues the album's six over-arching linear meditations; each work an inquiry into the transitory beauty of the unknown, through self-reflection and the conscious reorientation of perspective. These hallmarks of Cornish's aesthetic experience, along with the exquisitely balanced unfolding of her material, all contribute to a highly expressive and brave musical narrative that is unafraid, and, once heard, cannot be unheard. The six works featured here are not only unified conceptually, but also through their instrumentation; each features a subset of an aggregate ensemble of violin, piano, four cellos, and electronics. Throughout, Cornish brilliantly uses a carefully planned unveiling of instrumental sonorities to actuate and propel the over-arching design of the album's broader narrative. Memory of Time explores a distant nocturnal pathos as the solo violin's expressive presence floats, suspended, over the cello ensemble's irrevocable sighs. The titular Into Silence I incorporates piano and electronics into the sonic tableaux of the proceeding work, reorienting the seemingly unappesed yearning of the introductory material with a tender earthbound comfort. Scattered Light, scored for cello alone, expounds an unbridled moment of cadenza-like virtuosity. As the harmonic rhythm increases and intensifies the work concludes in an evaporated calmness. Elegia returns to the sound-world and material of the album's opening work, now examiend through the aperture of elegiac reflexivity. A meditation on solitude, Into Silence II, for piano solo, probes some of the album's most inner-directed moments of isolation. Luminescence is a culmination of the entire album's exploration of liminality. The electronic component returns with an exquisite and arresting subtly of hushed empyrean filigree. A solo cello momentarily transforms the sighing motif of the opening into a hopeful upward reach towards transcendence. The work ends in deliquesce silence, and the album concludes with a return of the opening motif, exemplifying the elegant notion that silence is the path to transformation.
Tracklist 6 tracks
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1 Memory of Time 06:20
- Track
- 1
- Title
- Memory of Time
- Duration
- 06:20
- Composer
- Jane Antonia Cornish
- Performer
- Anna Elashvili, Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir, Caitlin Sullivan, Claire Bryant, Hamilton Berry
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2 Into Silence I 06:46
- Track
- 2
- Title
- Into Silence I
- Duration
- 06:46
- Composer
- Jane Antonia Cornish
- Performer
- Anna Elashvili, Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir, Caitlin Sullivan, Claire Bryant, Hamilton Berry, Vicky Chow
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3 Scattered Light 04:34
- Track
- 3
- Title
- Scattered Light
- Duration
- 04:34
- Composer
- Jane Antonia Cornish
- Performer
- Hamilton Berry
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4 Elegia 06:03
- Track
- 4
- Title
- Elegia
- Duration
- 06:03
- Composer
- Jane Antonia Cornish
- Performer
- Anna Elashvili, Caitlin Sullivan, Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir, Hamilton Berry, Claire Bryant
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5 Into Silence II 02:39
- Track
- 5
- Title
- Into Silence II
- Duration
- 02:39
- Composer
- Jane Antonia Cornish
- Performer
- Vicky Chow
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6 Luminescence 05:18
- Track
- 6
- Title
- Luminescence
- Duration
- 05:18
- Composer
- Jane Antonia Cornish
- Performer
- Caitlin Sullivan, Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir, Hamilton Berry, Claire Bryant