Night, Sleep, Death and the Stars: Songs by Silvan Loher
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Label: Odradek Records
Cat No: ODRCD353
Format: CD
Number of Discs: 1
Genre: Vocal/Choral
Release Date: 26th May 2017
Contents
Artists
Silke Gang (mezzo-soprano)Marco Scilironi (piano)
Works
Lieder nach Gedichten von Mascha Kaleko - Vol.1, op.7Poems (10) by Walt Whitman, op.6
Artists
Silke Gang (mezzo-soprano)Marco Scilironi (piano)
About
It was inevitable, then, that Silvan Loher would channel these dual passions into his own compositions. These songs include some of the only music he has written not to commission, but for the sheer pleasure and necessity of setting these poems. They are performed on this disc by mezzo-soprano Silke Gäng and pianist Marco Scilironi. All three musicians were educated at the prestigious Basel Musikhochschule before embarking on their respective musical careers.
Silvan Loher has chosen to set poetry by two very distinct but complementary voices: Mascha Kaleko and Walt Whitman. Loher focusses on those poems by Kaleko which conjure up the smoky cabaret era of Berlin in the 1930s, and his music reflects this atmosphere perfectly. The poet's themes of introspection and unease, set to dark-hued, richly evocative music, are balanced with moments of wistful nostalgia, when Loher's love of Grieg and Brahms becomes audible.
In contrast, Walt Whitman's famously direct and brilliant poetry draws from Loher music as wide-ranging as the texts themselves, reflecting a wealth of emotions from longing, to agitation, to loneliness, to the rapturous celebration of nature. Throughout the collection, Loher's sensitivity to and understanding of these texts is evident; this is an essential new release for poetry and music lovers alike.
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