{"product_id":"805213","title":"Philip Mead - Stephen Montague - Southern Lament [CD]","description":"Brand New From Reputable UK Company With 30 Years Experience In Retail, Please Note Not All Our New Items Are Shrink Wrapped.\u003cbr\u003eAll items shipped within 3 working days of payment.\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that all our DVDs are Region 2.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePlease note that not all audio CDs are shrink-wrapped fom the factory.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis collection of Stephen Montague's music for piano explores his roots in the Southern USA - including spirituals such as Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen - and the legacy of American experimental composers such as Charles Ives and John Cage with wit and energy. Pianist Philip Mead (also heard on Lucifer) is joined by singer Monica Acosta, flautist Nancy Ruffer, the Elysian Quartet, the London Sousa Band, and the composer himself on electronics and piano.\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e'A consistently enjoyable portrait of a composer who knows how to focus his appeal. Terrific performances from Philip Mead, all well recorded.' Gramophone\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e'Why we like it: The haunting title piece plays off the composer's  upbringing in Florida in the 1950s and '60s by reworking folk tunes John  Henry and Nobody Knows the Trouble I've Seen. Paramell Va has great hard-driving piano. For Merce C at the Barbican is a tribute to choreographer Merce Cunningham.\\r\u003cbr\u003eReminds us of: John Cage\\r\u003cbr\u003eDownload these: After Ives, Paramell Va\\r\u003cbr\u003eGrade: A' St Petersburg Times, Florida\\r\u003cbr\u003e\\r\u003cbr\u003e'Southern Lament flags up the 1997 soundscape charting the American Deep South as distilled in its ballads and spirituals. A deconstruction as gritty as coarse sandpaper, as tender as a powerfully imagined lament. The other big work is 'After Ives...', a salute from one maverick to another that contrives a hoe-down for the end of time amid a deal of gleeful ambiguity... Philip Mead, a longtime collaborator with Montague, sweeps all before him. Formidable pianism, ear-stretching music.' BBC Music Magazine, 2006\u003cp\u003eSouthern Lament I. John Henry\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eII. Nobody Knows the Troubles I've Seen\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 Easy Pieces: Midnight Sun\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 Easy Pieces: Chorale for a Millennium Sunset\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAutumn Leaves: Headless Horseman\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAutumn Leaves: Thanksgiving Hymn\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAutumn Leaves: A Crippled Ghost at Halloween\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e5 Easy Pieces: Beyond the Milky Way\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAutumn Leaves: Dagger Dance\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eParamell Va\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaiku\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAutumn Leaves: Night Frost Settles on a Pumpkin\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAutumn Leaves: Something's in Grandma's Attic\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor Merce C. at the Barbican\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAfter Ives I. What a Friend We Have a Jesus\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eII. Songs of Childhood\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIII. Wayfaring Stranger\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIV. Forever J.P.S.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Chalkys.com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":55143034126721,"sku":"805213","price":16.98,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0056\/8043\/1219\/files\/51T4WpwHOHL._SL1500.jpg?v=1767647616","url":"https:\/\/chalkys.com\/products\/805213","provider":"Chalkys.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}