Ruth Lomon: Shadowing

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Label
Navona
Release Date
March 10, 2017
Format
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    Featuring ⌄
    • COMPOSER
      LOMON, RUTH
    • PERFORMER
      Hutchins, Winterstein, Woolweaver, Owen, Lomon
    Product Details ⌄
    • RELEASE DATE
      March 10, 2017
    • UPC
      896931003803
    • CATALOG NUMBER
      NV6080
    • LABEL
      Navona
    • NUMBER OF DISCS
      1
    • GENRE
      Chamber Music & Recitals
    Works ⌄

    1. Sunflower Variations

      Composer: Ruth Lomon

      Performer: Eileen Hutchins

    2. I. Canto Hondo (Deep Song)

      Composer: Ruth Lomon

      Performer: Katherine Winterstein, Scott Woolweaver, Patrick Owen, Eileen Hutchins

    3. II. Los Ángelos Tímidos (The Shyest Angels)

      Composer: Ruth Lomon

      Performer: Katherine Winterstein, Scott Woolweaver, Patrick Owen, Eileen Hutchins

    4. III. Running with the Wolves

      Composer: Ruth Lomon

      Performer: Katherine Winterstein, Scott Woolweaver, Patrick Owen, Eileen Hutchins

    5. I. Les cloches (The Bells)

      Composer: Ruth Lomon

      Performer: Eileen Hutchins

    6. II. La fête (The Holiday)

      Composer: Ruth Lomon

      Performer: Eileen Hutchins

    7. III. Mémoires de... (Memories of...)

      Composer: Ruth Lomon

      Performer: Eileen Hutchins

    8. No. 1, Changing Woman

      Composer: Ruth Lomon

      Performer: Eileen Hutchins

    9. No. 2, Dancer

      Composer: Ruth Lomon

      Performer: Eileen Hutchins

    10. No. 3, Spirit

      Composer: Ruth Lomon

      Performer: Eileen Hutchins

    11. No. 4, Clown

      Composer: Ruth Lomon

      Performer: Eileen Hutchins

    12. No. 5, Talking Power

      Composer: Ruth Lomon

      Performer: Eileen Hutchins

    13. No. 1, Changing Woman

      Composer: Ruth Lomon

      Performer: Ruth Lomon

    14. No. 2, Dancer

      Composer: Ruth Lomon

      Performer: Ruth Lomon

    15. No. 3, Spirit

      Composer: Ruth Lomon

      Performer: Ruth Lomon

    16. No. 4, Clown

      Composer: Ruth Lomon

      Performer: Ruth Lomon

    17. No. 5, Talking Power

      Composer: Ruth Lomon

      Performer: Ruth Lomon


Navona Records proudly presents renowned composer Ruth Lomon's Shadowing, her debut album on the label. The release showcases her remarkable skill in writing for the piano, pushing the instrument's timbre and color to its limits to create animated sound worlds such as those of the title work, Shadowing. Lomon writes of the colors in the pieces: "'Shadowing' means to have such a light touch, such a light tread, that one can move freely through the forest, observing without being observed...It is the equivalent of manifesting and then becoming like smoke, and then manifesting again..." Lomon incorporates more radical colors - such as prepared piano - in Five Ceremonial Masks, which is inspired by masks used by the Navajo people in their Yeibichai Night Chant ceremonies. Native American imagery also appears in the second movement of Esquisses, "La Fête," in which the rhythmic and melodic properties of the music are inspired by the Turtle Dance as seen by Lomon at New Mexico's Taos Pueblo. The first movement of Esquisses, "Les Cloches," incorporates overtone partials and change-ringing patterns of European flared tower bells, creating a distinctive pianistic color, culminating in the introspective, balladic "Memoires de..." to conclude the piece.