Paul Lansky's Contemplating Weather is a new choral cantata commissioned on the occasion of Western Michigan University School of Music's 100th Anniversary. The text of the composition consists of poems by the American poet Jonathan Greene, all of which focus on aspects of our planet's meteorology. This recording was made following the premiere of the composition in February of 2014 and is movingly performed by WMU students, led by conductor Kimberly Dunn Adams. Travel Diary continues Lansky's series of pieces for percussion ensemble, and is performed by the work's dedicatees, the Meehan/Perkins Duo. It All Adds Up was composed for the piano duo team Quattro Mani, and is a six movement suite that ranges from the contemplative, to a finger-busting finale that brings this program to a brilliant conclusion.
3 Contemplating Weather: III. Climate Change Riffs
4 Contemplating Weather: IV. Clouds II
5 Contemplating Weather: V. Echo of
6 Contemplating Weather: VI. Interlude
7 Contemplating Weather: VII. Cold Front
8 Contemplating Weather: VIII. Clouds III
9 Contemplating Weather: IX. Snow Arithmetic
10 Contemplating Weather: X. Stratus
11 Contemplating Weather: XI. Chorales
12 Travel Diary: I. Leaving Home
13 Travel Diary: II. Cruising Speed
14 Travel Diary: III. Lost in Philly
15 Travel Diary: IV. Arrived, Phone Home
16 It All Adds Up: I. Tie Yer Shoelaces
17 It All Adds Up: II. As I Was Saying
18 It All Adds Up: III. Ten Is a Lovely Number
19 It All Adds Up: IV. Flat Seven
20 It All Adds Up: V. Enfolded
21 It All Adds Up: VI. Topology
Paul Lansky's Contemplating Weather is a new choral cantata commissioned on the occasion of Western Michigan University School of Music's 100th Anniversary. The text of the composition consists of poems by the American poet Jonathan Greene, all of which focus on aspects of our planet's meteorology. This recording was made following the premiere of the composition in February of 2014 and is movingly performed by WMU students, led by conductor Kimberly Dunn Adams. Travel Diary continues Lansky's series of pieces for percussion ensemble, and is performed by the work's dedicatees, the Meehan/Perkins Duo. It All Adds Up was composed for the piano duo team Quattro Mani, and is a six movement suite that ranges from the contemplative, to a finger-busting finale that brings this program to a brilliant conclusion.
