City Night: Haiku for the 21st Century (Janice Jackson, Soprano & Simon Docking, Piano) [Import]

Ton de Leeuw (Composer), Julian Yu (Composer), John Cage (Composer), Colin Matthews (Composer), Alice Ping Yee Ho (Composer), Lorne Altman (Composer), Nicolas Gilbert (Composer), Rodney Sharman (Composer), Sandy Moore (Composer), Rose Bolton (Composer), Janice Jackson (Performer), Simon Docking (Performer) | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Performer: Janice Jackson, Simon Docking
• Composer: Ton de Leeuw, Julian Yu, John Cage, Colin Matthews, Alice Ping Yee Ho, et al.
• Audio CD
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Import
• Label: Janice Jackson
• ASIN: B000N7MJP4
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,687,705 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Editorial Reviews

All of the music on this long overdue recording was inspired by haiku poetry. Most of the pieces were especially commissioned by Ms. Jackson. The CD's title was inspired by one of the haiku in a powerful new song cycle by Toronto Composer Alice Ping Yee Ho. "Janice Jackson is a soprano who seeks contemporary repertoire with a passion...The settings are fiendishly diificult for both singer and pianist. Jackson and Docking navigate these tortuous twists and turns with an apparent ease nonetheless." - John S. Gray, Wholenote Track list: 1-5. Ton de Leeuw: Haiku-songs and interludes for voice and piano 19:48 1. I - 2:26 2. II - 3:16 3. III - 5:02 4. IV - 4:20 5. V - 4:44 6-9. Julian Yu: Four Haiku 5:20 6. I - 1:57 7. II - 1:15 8. III - 1:01 9. IV - 1:07 10. John Cage: Seven Haiku (1952) 2:38 11-13. Colin Matthews: Strugnell's Haiku 3:06 11. I - 0:57 12. II - 0:26 13. III - 1:43 14-19. Alice Ping Yee Ho: City Night 14:45 14. I - 2:22 15. II - 0:52 16. III - 3:08 17. IV - 1:40 18. V - 4:04 19. VI - 2:39 Eight Urban Haiku: 20. John Rea: Lent Chagrin 2:22 21. John Abram: Orion 1:11 22. Lorne Altman: I Breathe 1:44 23. Nicholas Gilbert: Haiku 3:08 24. Rodney Sharman: Urban Haiku 9:40 25. Sandy Moore: Quiet Creaks 1:56 26. Rose Bolton: Urban Haiku 1:18 27. Paul Cram: Take Back the Night 1:11 Simon Docking, piano. Janice Jackson, soprano.