In Transit / Emily Granger
Details
- Composer
- Tristan Coelho, Ross Edwards, Sally Greenaway, Nancu Gustavson, Deborah Henson-Conant, Elena Kats-Ch
- Artist
- Emily Granger
- Format
- CD
- Label
- Avie Records
- Released
- Mar 11, 2022
- Catalog #
- AV2495
- UPC
- 822252249521
About
American-Australian harpist Emily Granger makes her solo debut recording, In Transit, with a collection of contemporary works that reveal the breadth and beauty of harp music from her two countries.
Memories and moods infuse Tristan Coehlo’s evocative title track as well as the composer’s The Old School, recalling an artists’ residence in Australia’s Blue Mountains where he first met Emily. Laura Zaerr’s rhythmical River Right Rhumba is inspired by West African drumming, whilst Sally Greenaway’s Liena, named after Melbourne-born harpist Liena Lacey, draws upon jazz and Latin dance music. Ross Edwards evokes a fantasia in his hypnotic The Harp and the Moon, whilst Libby Larsen’s bold Theme and Deviations is a tease on the traditional musical form. Sally Whitwell’s Undiminished is just that both harmonically and in spirit. Emily’s virtuosity is on full display in Kate Moore soaring Spin Bird, inspired by Jonathan Livingston Seagull, and in Nancy Gustavson’s Great Day, steeped in colorful glissandi showing off the harp in all its glory. Turning her hand to arranging, Emily has adapted Elena Kats-Chernin’s Blue Silence, originally for cello and piano, underscoring the works calming, healing and meditative properties; and Augusta Read Thomas’ Eurythmy Etude “Still Life”, originally for solo piano, stemming from the Greek meaning for beautiful and harmonious rhythm. Emily closes the album with Deborah Henson-Conant’s The Nightingale, one of her earliest musical memories as a young harpist.
Tracklist 13 tracks
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1 In Transit 07:03
- Track
- 1
- Title
- In Transit
- Duration
- 07:03
- Composer
- Tristan Coelho
- Performer
- Emily Granger
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2 I. Lento e molto languido 04:49
- Track
- 2
- Title
- I. Lento e molto languido
- Duration
- 04:49
- Composer
- Ross Edwards
- Performer
- Emily Granger
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3 II.Allegro grazioso 02:31
- Track
- 3
- Title
- II.Allegro grazioso
- Duration
- 02:31
- Composer
- Ross Edwards
- Performer
- Emily Granger
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4 River Right Rhumba 05:18
- Track
- 4
- Title
- River Right Rhumba
- Duration
- 05:18
- Composer
- Laura Zaerr
- Performer
- Emily Granger
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5 Liena 02:32
- Track
- 5
- Title
- Liena
- Duration
- 02:32
- Composer
- Sally Greenaway
- Performer
- Emily Granger
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6 Theme and Deviations 05:29
- Track
- 6
- Title
- Theme and Deviations
- Duration
- 05:29
- Composer
- Libby Larsen
- Performer
- Emily Granger
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7 Blue Silence (arr. E. Granger for harp) 08:34
- Track
- 7
- Title
- Blue Silence (arr. E. Granger for harp)
- Duration
- 08:34
- Composer
- Elena Kats-Chernin
- Performer
- Emily Granger
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8 Spin Bird (version for harp) 03:52
- Track
- 8
- Title
- Spin Bird (version for harp)
- Duration
- 03:52
- Composer
- Kate Moore
- Performer
- Emily Granger
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9 Eurythmy Etude, "Still Life" (arr. E. Granger for harp) 03:55
- Track
- 9
- Title
- Eurythmy Etude, "Still Life" (arr. E. Granger for harp)
- Duration
- 03:55
- Composer
- Augusta Read Thomas
- Performer
- Emily Granger
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10 The Old School 04:12
- Track
- 10
- Title
- The Old School
- Duration
- 04:12
- Composer
- Tristan Coelho
- Performer
- Emily Granger
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11 Undiminished 05:01
- Track
- 11
- Title
- Undiminished
- Duration
- 05:01
- Composer
- Sally Whitwell
- Performer
- Emily Granger
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12 Great Day 02:29
- Track
- 12
- Title
- Great Day
- Duration
- 02:29
- Composer
- Nancy Gustavson
- Performer
- Emily Granger
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13 The Nightingale 04:30
- Track
- 13
- Title
- The Nightingale
- Duration
- 04:30
- Composer
- Deborah Henson-Conant
- Performer
- Emily Granger