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james primosch composer skip to content james primosch composer menu music work list audio video score excerpts discography latest projects bio photo performances reviews blog secret geometry contact home press songs that elegantly combine personal fervor and worldly sophistication on from a book of hours corinna da fonseca wollheim new york times james primosch s gorgeous dark the star set to texts by rainer maria rilke susan stewart and the book of psalms it featured a brooding opening section soaring and expressive vocal lines and creatively scored beautiful instrumental writing vivien schweizer new york times balm for the soul and food for thought christian carey musical america primosch s text setting instincts are seemingly unerring his vocal lines always convey the words authentically and honestly while the instrumental accompaniment provides added depth and drama joshua rosenblum opera news more reviews navona records releases all primosch cd by the crossing carthage includes 6 works for chorus performed by the grammy award winning chamber chorus the crossing conducted by donald nally the title track sets an excerpt from the novel housekeeping by marilynne robinson while the other pieces include texts by meister eckhart e e cummings wendell berry and thomas merton the centerpiece of the album is my mass for the day of st thomas didymus which juxtaposes a setting of the latin ordinary with poems by denise levertov reflecting on the latin texts engineer paul vazquez and his team captured the group s exquisite singing in gorgeous sound i m deeply grateful to be able to share this superb document not only of my choral music in general but of my working relationships with the crossing for whom i wrote three of the pieces on the album and with emmanuel music for whom i wrote the remaining three works go here for the gloria from the levertov mass go here for a review of the album at all music update carthage has been nominated for a grammy for best choral performance this is an award for the conductor and the choir members conductor donald nally and all the singers are richly deserving of the honor new cd with songs and piano music by primosch and harbison on albany records songs for soprano and piano and music for piano solo are featured in this album including the title work an extract from my cycle for soprano and ensemble a sibyl susan stewart wrote the poems specifically for that project three more of my songs close the disc independent pieces that use texts by sarah williams robert francis and kathleen norris soprano lucy fitz gibbon performs the songs and her pianist is ryan mccullough who also plays a set of piano pieces he co commissioned pure contraption absolute gift i am very happy to share the album with john harbison my teacher at tanglewood so many years ago the disc returns his song cycle simple daylight to the active catalog and includes the first commercial recording of his piano sonata no 2 go here for a review of the album from the broad street review fanfare magazine described the album as a most enjoyable recital speaking of the imagination and skill of my music the pure voice and sensitive phrasing of lucy fitz gibbon and the sublime piano artistry of ryan mccullough more cds upcoming performances march 31 2021 pure contraption absolute gift clara christian piano newman recital hall college of the ozarks point lookout mo information on streaming to be announced may 15 2021 two whitman love songs andrew fuchs tenor danny zelibor piano brooklyn art song society brooklyn ny online streaming information here april 8 2022 fantasy partita on von gott will ich nicht lassen premiere bwv cleveland s bach choir dirk garner conductor baldwin wallace university berea oh the following performances were scheduled for the 2019 2020 season but were postponed due to the pandemic definite new dates have not yet been determined march 14 2020 variations on a hymn tune delaware all state orchestra gary white conductor glasgow high school newark de march 29 2020 mass for the day of st thomas didymus emmanuel music ryan turner conductor emmanuel church boston ma may 6 8 9 2020 dark the star jonathan nussman baritone university of california at san diego la jolla ca more upcoming and recent performances current projects two new pieces for live instrumentalist and electronic sound one for saxophonist matt levy to be premiered in the 2020 2021 season and recorded by him for xas records and one for flutist emma resmini the project is supported by the independence foundation a soprano and piano version of my wind carry me a choral setting of a text by susan stewart this is being written at the request of soprano laura strickling a song also for soprano and piano based on the hymn tune beech spring using words by marty haugen written at the request of eliza garth more projects follow via email enter your email address to follow this site and receive notifications of new posts by email email 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