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Silver Apples: The Cat and The Moon

from Currents by Ann Moss

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Silver Apples (2008)
Liam Wade, composer (b. 1978)
Steven Bailey, piano
poems by Poe, Stevenson, Yeats, DeSiro
Movement 3 of 4, "The Cat and The Moon"

Liam and I chose the moon-themed poems for his enchanting song cycle. Steven and I contributed musical ideas which Liam incorporated into his score. He left us a great deal of room for improvisation in these magically whimsical songs, allowing for a fresh perspective in every performance. Working in the studio with Leslie and Dann, the cycle evolved in totally unexpected ways revealing still new surprises.

lyrics

The Cat and The Moon
poem by William Butler Yeats

The cat went here and there
And the moon spun round like a top,
And the nearest kin to the moon,
The creeping cat, looked up.
Black Minnaloushe stared at the moon,
For, wander and wail as he would,
The pure cold light in the sky
Troubled his animal blood.
Minnaloushe runs in the grass
Lifting his delicate feet.
Do you dance, Minnaloushe, do you dance?
When two close kindred meet.
What better than call a dance?
Maybe the moon may learn,
Tired of that courtly fashion,
A new dance turn.
Minnaloushe creeps through the grass
From moonlit place to place,
The sacred moon overhead
Has taken a new phase.
Does Minnaloushe know that his pupils
Will pass from change to change,
And that from round to crescent,
From crescent to round they range?
Minnaloushe creeps through the grass
Alone, important and wise,
And lifts to the changing moon
His changing eyes.

credits

from Currents, released September 16, 2013
Liam Wade, composer
Steven Bailey, piano
Poem by William Butler Yeats
Produced by Leslie Ann Jones
Recorded by Leslie Ann Jones and Dann Michael Thompson
Edited by Robert Gatley
Mixed by Leslie Ann Jones
Recorded and mixed at Skywalker Sound, a Lucasfilm, Ltd., company
Marin County, CA
Mastered by Michael Romanowski at Michael Romanowski Mastering, San Francisco, CA
Executive Producers Jake Heggie, William and Bonnie Wade
Photo Credit Debra A. Zeller
annmosssoprano.com
ⓟ&Ⓒ 2013 All Rights Reserved Angels Share Records

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I'm a vocalist, teaching artist, and champion of contemporary composition. My artistic mission is to lift up new and contemporary vocal literature to serve as narrative for the hard to speak about issues of our times. I perform and collaborate with a dynamic array of composers, chamber ensembles and orchestras. ... more

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