Kristine Hurst-Wajszczuk & Denise Gainey - Opperman, Laitman & Rosenblum: Works for Voice & Clarinet (2020)

"This collection of songs with voice and clarinet has at its heart Lori Laitman’s profoundly moving cycle I Never Saw Another Butterfly, which sets the words of hope and desolation written by children imprisoned in the Terezín concentration camp. Inspired by this poignant music, Kristine Hurst-Wajszczuk and Denise Gainey commissioned a follow-up, The Secret Exit, on poems by Nobel Laureate Nelly Sachs that reflect on life and death. Newly arranged for voice and clarinet, Living In The Body is a cycle about love, memory and resilience. The program is completed with Diana Rosenblum’s delightful setting of Winter Rain and Kalmen Opperman’s haunting Un seul.This collection of songs with voice and clarinet has at its heart Lori Laitman’s profoundly moving cycle I Never Saw Another Butterfly, which sets the words of hope and desolation written by children imprisoned in the Terezín concentration camp. Inspired by this poignant music, Kristine Hurst-Wajszczuk and Denise Gainey commissioned a follow-up, The Secret Exit, on poems by Nobel Laureate Nelly Sachs that reflect on life and death. Newly arranged for voice and clarinet, Living In The Body is a cycle about love, memory and resilience. The program is completed with Diana Rosenblum’s delightful setting of Winter Rain and Kalmen Opperman’s haunting Un seul.This collection of songs with voice and clarinet has at its heart Lori Laitman’s profoundly moving cycle I Never Saw Another Butterfly, which sets the words of hope and desolation written by children imprisoned in the Terezín concentration camp. Inspired by this poignant music, Kristine Hurst-Wajszczuk and Denise Gainey commissioned a follow-up, The Secret Exit, on poems by Nobel Laureate Nelly Sachs that reflect on life and death. Newly arranged for voice and clarinet, Living In The Body is a cycle about love, memory and resilience. The program is completed with Diana Rosenblum’s delightful setting of Winter Rain and Kalmen Opperman’s haunting Un seul.This collection of songs with voice and clarinet has at its heart Lori Laitman’s profoundly moving cycle I Never Saw Another Butterfly, which sets the words of hope and desolation written by children imprisoned in the Terezín concentration camp. Inspired by this poignant music, Kristine Hurst-Wajszczuk and Denise Gainey commissioned a follow-up, The Secret Exit, on poems by Nobel Laureate Nelly Sachs that reflect on life and death. Newly arranged for voice and clarinet, Living In The Body is a cycle about love, memory and resilience. The program is completed with Diana Rosenblum’s delightful setting of Winter Rain and Kalmen Opperman’s haunting Un seul."

Track List:
01. Un seul (Version for Clarinet) (4:09)
02. The Secret Exit (Version for Voice & Clarinet): No. 1, What Rose Out of the White Leaves of Your Body (6:47)
03. The Secret Exit (Version for Voice & Clarinet): No. 2, When in Early Summer (5:09)
04. The Secret Exit (Version for Voice & Clarinet): No. 3, Child (4:38)
05. I Never Saw Another Butterfly (Version for Voice & Clarinet): No. 1, The Butterfly (4:41)
06. I Never Saw Another Butterfly (Version for Voice & Clarinet): No. 2, Yes, That's the Way Things Are (2:12)
07. I Never Saw Another Butterfly (Version for Voice & Clarinet): No. 3, Birdsong (3:42)
08. I Never Saw Another Butterfly (Version for Voice & Clarinet): No. 4, The Garden (2:06)
09. I Never Saw Another Butterfly (Version for Voice & Clarinet): No. 5, Man Proposes, God Disposes (0:53)
10. I Never Saw Another Butterfly (Version for Voice & Clarinet): No. 6, The Old House (3:14)
11. Living in the Body (Version for Voice & Clarinet) [Excerpts]: No. 1, Burning the Woods of My Childhood (3:55)
12. Living in the Body (Version for Voice & Clarinet) [Excerpts]: No. 2, Living in the Body (2:32)
13. Living in the Body (Version for Voice & Clarinet) [Excerpts]: No. 4, Lost at Table (1:25)
14. Living in the Body (Version for Voice & Clarinet) [Excerpts]: No. 5, Bring on the Rain (1:25)
15. Living in the Body (Version for Voice & Clarinet) [Excerpts]: No. 6, Crossroads (3:02)
16. Winter Rain (3:24)