| Shim, Meerenai / Sometimes The City Is Silent |
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| Album: | Sometimes The City Is Silent | Collection: | Classical | |
| Artist: | Shim, Meerenai | Added: | Aug 2011 | |
| Label: | Shim, M. | |||
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| Add Date: | 2011-08-21 | Pull Date: | 2011-10-23 | Charts: | Classical/Experimental |
| Week Ending: | Sep 18 |
| 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. | |
| 2. | Aug 27, 2015: | Galactic Travel Playlist [4:05] Clarke: Zoom Tube. | 5. | Sep 16, 2011: | sounds [6:38] Reinecke: “Undine� Sonata. Allegro | |
| 3. | Apr 19, 2014: | Music Casserole [4:05] Clarke: Zoom Tube. | ||||
| Album Review |
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| Larry Reviewed 2011-08-16 | ||
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[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. | ||
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