I Close My Eyes in Order to See / Lowen, Hahn, Gieck
Details
- Composer
- VARIOUS
- Artist
- Hahn, Loewen, Gieck
- Format
- CD
- Label
- Navona
- Released
- Sep 14, 2018
- Catalog #
- NV6182
- UPC
- 896931004824
About
With her Navona debut I Close My Eyes In Order To See, accomplished Canadian flutist Sara Hahn demonstrates her exceptional sensitivity for emotional nuance coupled with great virtuosic capability, but most of all: the healing power of music itself. Hahn, currently the Principal Flutist for the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, is rightly known for her refined and beautiful tone, and I Close My Eyes In Order To See indubitably attests to this. But extraordinarily, there is even more to Hahn's musicianship: An exquisite ability to get right into the heart of a composition. No doubt this is in part due to the highly personal selection of pieces: The album's eponymous opening track, I Close My Eyes To See, was dedicated to Hahn by composer Arthur Bachmann, written to commemorate her mother's hard (but eventually successful) battle with cancer. Indeed, the compositions of this album center around perhaps the greatest, and most universal, challenge of the human condition: overcoming Fate's hardships. In this spirit, the individual musical pieces represent emotions such as fear, sadness, the desire to bargain, and depression and anger are reached with the help of mental fortitude and spirituality – all culminating, inspiringly, in acceptance and optimism. Sara Hahn's interpretation of these wildly diverse sentiments is nothing short of riveting and, towards the album's cheerful conclusion, supremely uplifting. In this sublime feat, pianist Laura Loewen and alto flutist Sarah Gieck, who both accompany with fitting delicacy, add great musical depth. I Close My Eyes In Order To See is an aesthetic feast for the ears, no doubt; but its true strength lies in having encapsulated not only a timeless constant of the human experience – suffering – but also a viable, feasible way to overcome it.
Tracklist 10 tracks
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1 I. I close my eyes … 03:54
- Track
- 1
- Title
- I. I close my eyes …
- Duration
- 03:54
- Composer
- Arthur Marc Bachmann
- Performer
- Sara Hahn, Laura Loewen
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2 II. … in order … 05:10
- Track
- 2
- Title
- II. … in order …
- Duration
- 05:10
- Composer
- Arthur Marc Bachmann
- Performer
- Sara Hahn, Laura Loewen
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3 III. … to see 08:03
- Track
- 3
- Title
- III. … to see
- Duration
- 08:03
- Composer
- Arthur Marc Bachmann
- Performer
- Sara Hahn, Laura Loewen
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4 Night Soliloquy (version for flute and piano) 03:41
- Track
- 4
- Title
- Night Soliloquy (version for flute and piano)
- Duration
- 03:41
- Composer
- Kent Kennan
- Performer
- Sara Hahn, Laura Loewen
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5 The Vollard Suite: Etching 02:39
- Track
- 5
- Title
- The Vollard Suite: Etching
- Duration
- 02:39
- Composer
- Harry Somers
- Performer
- Sara Hahn
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6 The Gate of Lodore 07:37
- Track
- 6
- Title
- The Gate of Lodore
- Duration
- 07:37
- Composer
- Henry Wolking
- Performer
- Sara Hahn, Laura Loewen
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7 The Curmudgeon and The Lark 07:41
- Track
- 7
- Title
- The Curmudgeon and The Lark
- Duration
- 07:41
- Composer
- Arthur Marc Bachmann
- Performer
- Sara Hahn, Sarah Gieck
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8 Chant de Linos 10:54
- Track
- 8
- Title
- Chant de Linos
- Duration
- 10:54
- Composer
- André Jolivet
- Performer
- Sara Hahn, Laura Loewen
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9 Morceau de concours 02:58
- Track
- 9
- Title
- Morceau de concours
- Duration
- 02:58
- Composer
- Gabriel Fauré
- Performer
- Sara Hahn, Laura Loewen
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10 Pathways 07:42
- Track
- 10
- Title
- Pathways
- Duration
- 07:42
- Composer
- Efraín Amaya
- Performer
- Sara Hahn, Sarah Gieck