Liner Notes
Cat. No. NWCR887
Release Date: 2002-01-01
Jayne West, soprano; Pamela Dellal, mezzo- soprano; Frank Kelley, tenor; Donald Boothman, baritone; Laura Ahlbeck oboe, English horn; Donald Berman, piano
Ruth Lomon’s compositions include orchestral, chamber, vocal, and solo works as well as multi-media works. She has been awarded commissions and grants from the Massachusetts Council on the Arts, New England Foundation for the Arts, The New Mexico Arts Division, National Endowment for the Arts, the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation, residencies at Yaddo, and Norlin/MacDowell fellowships. Since 1998 Lomon has been composer and resident scholar at the Women’s Studies Research Center, Brandeis University.
Songs of Remembrance was composed while Lomon was a fellow of the Bunting Institute, Radcliffe/Harvard in 1995-6. Songs was premiered at the John Knowles Paine Concert Hall, Harvard University, and has since had numerous performances including those at the USA National Holocaust Museum, Washington, D.C., in 1998, and the IAWM Congress in London, England, in 1999, where Lomon received the Miriam Gideon Composition award for the work.
Born in 1930 in Montreal, Canada, Lomon attended the Conservatoire de Québec and McGill University. She continued her composition studies with Frances Judd Cooke at the New England Conservatory of Music and, later, with Witold Lutoslawski at Dartington College, England. Lomon spends much of her composing time in New Mexico, where her interest in Native American ceremonials has been a catalyst for some of her major compositions.
This title, originally issued on the CRI label, is now available as a burn-on-demand CD (CD-R) or download in MP3/320, FLAC or WAV formats. CD-Rs come in a protective sleeve; no print booklet or jewel case included. Liner notes are accessible via the link above.
Ruth Lomon’s compositions include orchestral, chamber, vocal, and solo works as well as multi-media works. She has been awarded commissions and grants from the Massachusetts Council on the Arts, New England Foundation for the Arts, The New Mexico Arts Division, National Endowment for the Arts, the Helene Wurlitzer Foundation, residencies at Yaddo, and Norlin/MacDowell fellowships. Since 1998 Lomon has been composer and resident scholar at the Women’s Studies Research Center, Brandeis University.
Songs of Remembrance was composed while Lomon was a fellow of the Bunting Institute, Radcliffe/Harvard in 1995-6. Songs was premiered at the John Knowles Paine Concert Hall, Harvard University, and has since had numerous performances including those at the USA National Holocaust Museum, Washington, D.C., in 1998, and the IAWM Congress in London, England, in 1999, where Lomon received the Miriam Gideon Composition award for the work.
Born in 1930 in Montreal, Canada, Lomon attended the Conservatoire de Québec and McGill University. She continued her composition studies with Frances Judd Cooke at the New England Conservatory of Music and, later, with Witold Lutoslawski at Dartington College, England. Lomon spends much of her composing time in New Mexico, where her interest in Native American ceremonials has been a catalyst for some of her major compositions.
This title, originally issued on the CRI label, is now available as a burn-on-demand CD (CD-R) or download in MP3/320, FLAC or WAV formats. CD-Rs come in a protective sleeve; no print booklet or jewel case included. Liner notes are accessible via the link above.
Ruth Lomon: Songs of Remembrance
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| FLAC | $16.00 | |
| WAV | $16.00 | |
| CD-R | $16.00 |
A *.pdf of the notes may be accessed here free of charge.
Track Listing
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Songs of Remembrance: Chor der Waisen
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Songs of Remembrance: Mes Yeux
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Songs of Remembrance: The Survivor
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Songs of Remembrance: Fear
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Songs of Remembrance: Der Ewige SegneåÉ
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Songs of Remembrance: The Butterfly
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Songs of Remembrance: Gedale's Song
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Songs of Remembrance: Sunny Evening
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Songs of Remembrance: Poème Macabre
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Songs of Remembrance: Love Poem
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