Monk: Memory Game / Bleckmann, Geissinger, Sniffin, Bang on a Can All-Stars

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Label
Cantaloupe Music
Release Date
March 27, 2020
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      MONK, MEREDITH
    • PERFORMER
      Various
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      March 27, 2020
    • UPC
      713746315320
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      CA21153
    • LABEL
      Cantaloupe Music
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Classical
    Works ⌄

    1. The Games: Spaceship (arr. M. Gordon for vocal ensemble)

      Composer: Meredith Monk

      Ensemble: Bang on a Can All-Stars

      Performer: Meredith Monk, Theo Bleckmann, Katie Geissinger, Allison Sniffin

    2. The Games: Gamemaster's Song (version for vocal ensemble)

      Composer: Meredith Monk

      Ensemble: Bang on a Can All-Stars

      Performer: Theo Bleckmann, Meredith Monk, Katie Geissinger, Allison Sniffin

    3. The Games: Migration (version for vocal ensemble)

      Composer: Meredith Monk

      Ensemble: Bang on a Can All-Stars

      Performer: Michael Cerveris, Meredith Monk, Theo Bleckmann, Katie Geissinger, Allison Sniffin

    4. The Games: Memory Song (arr. J. Wolfe for vocal ensemble)

      Composer: Meredith Monk

      Ensemble: Bang on a Can All-Stars

      Performer: Meredith Monk, Theo Bleckmann, Katie Geissinger, Allison Sniffin

    5. The Games: Downfall (arr. K. Thomson for vocal ensemble)

      Composer: Meredith Monk

      Ensemble: Bang on a Can All-Stars

      Performer: Meredith Monk, Theo Bleckmann, Katie Geissinger, Allison Sniffin

    6. The Politics of Quiet: Waltz in 5s (arr. M. Monk and A. Sniffin for vocal ensemble)

      Composer: Meredith Monk

      Ensemble: Bang on a Can All-Stars

      Performer: Katie Geissinger, Meredith Monk, Theo Bleckmann, Allison Sniffin

    7. Tokyo Cha-Cha (arr. A. Sniffin for vocal ensemble)

      Composer: Meredith Monk

      Ensemble: Bang on a Can All-Stars

      Performer: Meredith Monk, Theo Bleckmann, Katie Geissinger, Allison Sniffin

    8. Totentanz (arr. D. Lang for vocal ensemble)

      Composer: Meredith Monk

      Ensemble: Bang on a Can All-Stars

      Performer: Meredith Monk, Theo Bleckmann, Katie Geissinger, Allison Sniffin

    9. Double Fiesta (arr. D. Lang for vocal ensemble)

      Composer: Meredith Monk

      Ensemble: Bang on a Can All-Stars

      Performer: Meredith Monk, Theo Bleckmann, Katie Geissinger, Allison Sniffin


Meredith Monk’s MEMORY GAME, as its title implies, is both a look back at a pivotal point in her storied career, and a richly layered portrait of how vocal music, under the guidance of an indefatigable master, can play with our expectations in poignant and compelling ways. Teaming up here with her renowned Vocal Ensemble (featuring Theo Bleckmann, Katie Geissinger and Allison Sniffin) and backed by the Bang on a Can All-Stars, Monk explores all-new arrangements of never-before-recorded selections from her award-winning sci-fi opera The Games, as well as new versions of several pieces originally released on Do You Be (1987) and Impermanence (2008). What emerges from MEMORY GAME is a suite of songs that flows with a remarkable narrative cohesion, stemming in large part from the composer’s willingness to revisit the past with an insatiably curious eye.