Lansky: Contemplating Weather

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Label
Bridge Records
Release Date
April 7, 2015
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      LANSKY, PAUL
    • ORCHESTRA / ENSEMBLE
      Western Michigan University Chorus
    • PERFORMER
      WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY CHORUS
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      April 07, 2015
    • UPC
      090404944727
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      BCD9447
    • LABEL
      Bridge Records
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Orchestral & Symphonic
    Works ⌄

    1. I. Weather Lament

      Composer: Paul Lansky

      Ensemble: Western Michigan University Chorale, Birds on a Wire

      Conductor: Kimberly Dunn Adams

    2. II. Clouds I

      Composer: Paul Lansky

      Ensemble: Western Michigan University Chorale, Birds on a Wire

      Conductor: Kimberly Dunn Adams

    3. III. Climate Change Riffs

      Composer: Paul Lansky

      Ensemble: Western Michigan University Chorale, Birds on a Wire

      Conductor: Kimberly Dunn Adams

    4. IV. Clouds II

      Composer: Paul Lansky

      Ensemble: Western Michigan University Chorale, Birds on a Wire

      Conductor: Kimberly Dunn Adams

    5. V. Echo of ... (after hurricane Sandy)

      Composer: Paul Lansky

      Ensemble: Western Michigan University Chorale, Birds on a Wire

      Conductor: Kimberly Dunn Adams

    6. VI. Interlude

      Composer: Paul Lansky

      Ensemble: Western Michigan University Chorale, Birds on a Wire

      Conductor: Kimberly Dunn Adams

    7. VII. Cold Front

      Composer: Paul Lansky

      Ensemble: Western Michigan University Chorale, Birds on a Wire

      Conductor: Kimberly Dunn Adams

    8. VIII. Clouds III

      Composer: Paul Lansky

      Ensemble: Western Michigan University Chorale, Birds on a Wire

      Conductor: Kimberly Dunn Adams

    9. IX. Snow Arithmetic

      Composer: Paul Lansky

      Ensemble: Western Michigan University Chorale, Birds on a Wire

      Conductor: Kimberly Dunn Adams

    10. X. Stratus

      Composer: Paul Lansky

      Ensemble: Western Michigan University Chorale, Birds on a Wire

      Conductor: Kimberly Dunn Adams

    11. XI. Chorales

      Composer: Paul Lansky

      Ensemble: Western Michigan University Chorale, Birds on a Wire

      Conductor: Kimberly Dunn Adams

    12. I. Leaving Home

      Composer: Paul Lansky

      Ensemble: Meehan/Perkins Duo

    13. II. Cruising Speed

      Composer: Paul Lansky

      Ensemble: Meehan/Perkins Duo

    14. III. Lost in Philly

      Composer: Paul Lansky

      Ensemble: Meehan/Perkins Duo

    15. IV. Arrived, Phone Home

      Composer: Paul Lansky

      Ensemble: Meehan/Perkins Duo

    16. I. Tie Yer Shoelaces

      Composer: Paul Lansky

      Ensemble: Quattro Mani

    17. II. As I Was Saying

      Composer: Paul Lansky

      Ensemble: Quattro Mani

    18. III. Ten is a Lovely Number

      Composer: Paul Lansky

      Ensemble: Quattro Mani

    19. IV. Flat Seven

      Composer: Paul Lansky

      Ensemble: Quattro Mani

    20. V. Enfolded

      Composer: Paul Lansky

      Ensemble: Quattro Mani

    21. VI. Topology

      Composer: Paul Lansky

      Ensemble: Quattro Mani


Paul Lansky's Contemplating Weather is a new choral cantata commissioned on the occasion of Western Michigan University School of Music's 100th Anniversary. The text of the composition consists of poems by the American poet Jonathan Greene, all of which focus on aspects of our planet's meteorology. This recording was made following the premiere of the composition in February of 2014 and is movingly performed by WMU students, led by conductor Kimberly Dunn Adams. Travel Diary continues Lansky's series of pieces for percussion ensemble, and is performed by the work's dedicatees, the Meehan/Perkins Duo. It All Adds Up was composed for the piano duo team Quattro Mani, and is a six movement suite that ranges from the contemplative, to a finger-busting finale that brings this program to a brilliant conclusion.