River Town Duo - For Claire & Philip (2021) [Official Digital Download 24/96]

River Town Duo’s debut album, For Claire & Philip, features newly commissioned works written by six compelling 21st century American composers. Performed by double bassist Philip Alejo and harpist Claire Happel Ashe, this captivating recording shares the beguiling sounds of a unique chamber music pairing. For Claire and Philip is the culmination of River Town Duo’s collaborations with composers Caroline Shaw, Whitney Ashe, Derick Evans, Hannah Lash, Evan Premo, and Stephen Andrew Taylor.

The album opens with the recording’s catalyst: its eponymous work For Claire & Philip by Pulitzer Prize winner Caroline Shaw. “Claire and I were most fortunate to share friendship with Caroline Shaw during our graduate studies at the Yale School of Music,” explains Alejo. “We knew we had to ask Caroline for a piece. Of course, this resulted in a musical gem and inspired us to commission a handful of other works by young composers.”

Since its formation in 2012, River Town Duo has presented dozens of concerts at venues including the University of Arizona, University of Illinois, Avaloch Farm Music Institute, Mackinac Island Music Festival, University of Notre Dame, and the University of Wisconsin, among others. River Town Duo has also performed as invited artists at the International Society of Bassists Convention and the American Harp Society Summer Institute.

TRACKLIST

1. River Town Duo - Shaw: For Claire & Philip
2. River Town Duo - Ashe: The Circuitous Six
3. River Town Duo - Evans: On Lotusland
4. River Town Duo - Lash: Leaves, Space: I. Leaves
5. River Town Duo - Lash: Leaves, Space: II. Space
6. River Town Duo - Premo: Two Meditations on Poems of Mary Oliver: I. Early Morning, New Hampshire
7. River Town Duo - Premo: Two Meditations on Poems of Mary Oliver: II. Linen of Words
8. River Town Duo - Taylor: Oxygen: I. Phlogiston
9. River Town Duo - Taylor: Oxygen: II. Betaglobin
10. River Town Duo - Taylor: Oxygen: III. Pulse
11. River Town Duo - Taylor: Oxygen: IV. Hemoglobin Alpha
12. River Town Duo - Taylor: Oxygen: V. Calx



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