Shim, Meerenai / Sometimes The City Is Silent
| Album: | Sometimes The City Is Silent | Collection: | Classical | |
| Artist: | Shim, Meerenai | Added: | Aug 2011 | |
| Label: | Shim, M. | |||
A-File Activity
| Add Date: | 2011-08-21 | Pull Date: | 2011-10-23 | Charts: | Classical/Experimental |
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| Week Ending: | Sep 18 |
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| Airplays: | 1 |
Recent Airplay
| 1. | Sep 29, 2015: | Clean Copper Radio
[5:29] Misurell-Mitchell: Sometimes The City Is Silent |
4. | Oct 20, 2012: | Music Casserole
[4:05] Clarke: Zoom Tube. |
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| 2. | Aug 27, 2015: | Galactic Travel Playlist
[4:05] Clarke: Zoom Tube. |
5. | Sep 16, 2011: | sounds
[6:38] Reinecke: “Undine� Sonata. Allegro |
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| 3. | Apr 19, 2014: | Music Casserole
[4:05] Clarke: Zoom Tube. |
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Album Review
Larry
Reviewed 2011-08-16
Reviewed 2011-08-16
[Coll]: Sometimes The City Is Silent / Meerenai Shim (flute, piccolo)
Label: Shim, self-produced
Larry K.
Reviewed: 2011-08-16
SOMETIMES THE CITY IS SILENT: M. Shim (Music of Bach, Bartok, Chaminade, Reinecke, et al.)
Meerenai Shim, self-produced, 2011
Ms. Shim, accompanied at times by a pianist or cellist, skips among historical times, beginning with CPE Bach’s (1714-1788) sonata for flute and basso continuo; the modern flute and cello duo, Entometido [Meddlesome] by Noah Luna (b. 1984), depicting a youthful courtship; Chaminade’s (1857-1944) Sérénade aux étoiles, Op. 142; Janice Misurell-Mitchell’s (b. 1946) Sometimes the City is Silent (commissioned for the National Flute Association in 2003), inspired by the skyline shape seen from a Greenwich Village apt.; an arrangement of several Béla Bartók (1881-1945) Romanian Folk Dances; Carl Reinecke’s (1824-1910) “Undine” Sonata (1882) for piano and flute; and, Ian Clarke’s (b. 1964) bluesy and rhythmic, Zoom Tube for solo flute (1999).
1. [6:59] CPE Bach: Sonata in G Major “Hamburger”. I. I. Calm, mellifluous,
2. [3:02] CPE Bach: Sonata II. Joyful gigue,
3. [5:57] Luna: Entrometido. Tapping intro, rhythmic strumming and bowing, breathy, restless piccolo, exchange mildly dissonant strophs.
4. [4:17] Chaminade: Sérénade aux étoiles, Op. 142. Sunny morning in Paris, all is well.
5. [5:29] Misurell-Mitchell: Sometimes the City is Silent. Playful, but not singable.
6. [1:09] Bartók: Stick Dance. Stately.
7. [0:32] Bartók: Sash Dance. Step lightly, gently.
8. [1:02] Bartók: Stomping Dance. Modal, modest pace,
9. [1:32] Bartók: Horn Dance. Modest melodic leaps, sad.
10. [0:37] Bartók: Romania Polka. Lively and gay.
11. [1:04] Bartók: Fast Dance. Again, lively and gay, dissonant.
12. [6:38] Reinecke: “Undine” Sonata. Allegro. Diatonic minor harmonies, arpeggios and runs evoke sea swells, fresh breezes, and grey cloudy skies
13. [3:49] Reinecke: “Undine” Sonata.. Intermezzo. Minor key, delicate dancing motif alternates narrating upward-moving tune.
14. [3:20] Reinecke: “Undine” Sonata. Andante tranquillo. A song of love.
15. [5:35] Reinecke: “Undine” Sonata. Finale. Surging seas, rising winds, a sense of longing, then the water nymph achieves peace.
16. [4:05] Clarke: Zoom Tube. In a London tube station, breathy jazz sounds grow into riffs punctuated by trains passing, and finally stopping.
Label: Shim, self-produced
Larry K.
Reviewed: 2011-08-16
SOMETIMES THE CITY IS SILENT: M. Shim (Music of Bach, Bartok, Chaminade, Reinecke, et al.)
Meerenai Shim, self-produced, 2011
Ms. Shim, accompanied at times by a pianist or cellist, skips among historical times, beginning with CPE Bach’s (1714-1788) sonata for flute and basso continuo; the modern flute and cello duo, Entometido [Meddlesome] by Noah Luna (b. 1984), depicting a youthful courtship; Chaminade’s (1857-1944) Sérénade aux étoiles, Op. 142; Janice Misurell-Mitchell’s (b. 1946) Sometimes the City is Silent (commissioned for the National Flute Association in 2003), inspired by the skyline shape seen from a Greenwich Village apt.; an arrangement of several Béla Bartók (1881-1945) Romanian Folk Dances; Carl Reinecke’s (1824-1910) “Undine” Sonata (1882) for piano and flute; and, Ian Clarke’s (b. 1964) bluesy and rhythmic, Zoom Tube for solo flute (1999).
1. [6:59] CPE Bach: Sonata in G Major “Hamburger”. I. I. Calm, mellifluous,
2. [3:02] CPE Bach: Sonata II. Joyful gigue,
3. [5:57] Luna: Entrometido. Tapping intro, rhythmic strumming and bowing, breathy, restless piccolo, exchange mildly dissonant strophs.
4. [4:17] Chaminade: Sérénade aux étoiles, Op. 142. Sunny morning in Paris, all is well.
5. [5:29] Misurell-Mitchell: Sometimes the City is Silent. Playful, but not singable.
6. [1:09] Bartók: Stick Dance. Stately.
7. [0:32] Bartók: Sash Dance. Step lightly, gently.
8. [1:02] Bartók: Stomping Dance. Modal, modest pace,
9. [1:32] Bartók: Horn Dance. Modest melodic leaps, sad.
10. [0:37] Bartók: Romania Polka. Lively and gay.
11. [1:04] Bartók: Fast Dance. Again, lively and gay, dissonant.
12. [6:38] Reinecke: “Undine” Sonata. Allegro. Diatonic minor harmonies, arpeggios and runs evoke sea swells, fresh breezes, and grey cloudy skies
13. [3:49] Reinecke: “Undine” Sonata.. Intermezzo. Minor key, delicate dancing motif alternates narrating upward-moving tune.
14. [3:20] Reinecke: “Undine” Sonata. Andante tranquillo. A song of love.
15. [5:35] Reinecke: “Undine” Sonata. Finale. Surging seas, rising winds, a sense of longing, then the water nymph achieves peace.
16. [4:05] Clarke: Zoom Tube. In a London tube station, breathy jazz sounds grow into riffs punctuated by trains passing, and finally stopping.
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