{"product_id":"miller-cassandra-traveller-song-thanksong","title":"MILLER, CASSANDRA - Traveller Song\/Thanksong","description":"\u003cp\u003e\"\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBlack Truffle announces its first release from celebrated London-based Canadian composer \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eCassandra Miller\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. Though her body of mature work stretches back almost twenty years, many listeners were introduced to Miller through the success of her astonishing 2015 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eDuet for Cello and Orchestra\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, which sets an imperturbable two-note cello part against a series of increasingly dense orchestrations of an Italian folk melody. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTraveller Song\/Thanksong\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, the first release of her music on vinyl, presents a pair of compositions for voice and ensemble that exemplify Miller's gently absurd, strikingly beautiful, and utterly unique work. Like many of Miller's compositions, these pieces originate in existing music. \"Traveller Song\" (2016\/2018) begins from a 1950s song of an anonymous Sicilian cart driver recorded by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlan Lomax\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiego Carpitella\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, which Miller recorded herself singing along to, going on to then record herself singing to her own layered voices. Heard sometimes alone, sometimes layered, her pre-recorded voice is accompanied by a chamber sextet drawn from London's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003ePlus-Minus Ensemble\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. \"Thanksong\" begins from recordings of Miller singing along to the third movement of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eBeethoven\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e's late quartet in A minor (Op. 132), the \"holy song of thanks\" the composer wrote to express his gratitude for (temporarily) recovering from illness. Recording herself singing along repeatedly to each of the individual parts of the quartet, Miller created an aural score where each member of the string quartet listens to their own part on headphones, playing by ear. Performed on this recording by Montreal's \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eQuatuor Bozzini\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, with whom Miller has a decades-long relationship, they are joined by the British soprano \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eJuliet Fraser\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, who sings material from the Beethoven quartet \"as slowly and quietly as possible.\" Presented in a stylish sleeve adorned with photography by \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cb\u003eLasse Marhaug\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and liner notes by Cassandra Miller, this is a key release from a major contemporary composer whose work challenges and dazzles in equal measure.\" - Black Truffle\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Black Truffle","offers":[{"title":"LP","offer_id":45991284572379,"sku":"","price":34.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2295\/2925\/files\/BT107LP_PROD.jpg?v=1724771045","url":"https:\/\/www.fusetronsound.com\/products\/miller-cassandra-traveller-song-thanksong","provider":"fusetron","version":"1.0","type":"link"}