Paul Lansky's Contemplating Weather is a new choral cantata commissioned on the occasion of Western Michigan University School of Music's 100th Anniversary. The text of the composition consists of poems by the American poet Jonathan Greene, all of which focus on aspects of our planet's meteorology. This recording was made following the premiere of the composition in February of 2014 and is movingly performed by WMU students, led by conductor Kimberly Dunn Adams. Travel Diary continues Lansky's series of pieces for percussion ensemble, and is performed by the work's dedicatees, the Meehan/Perkins Duo. It All Adds Up was composed for the piano duo team Quattro Mani, and is a six movement suite that ranges from the contemplative, to a finger-busting finale that brings this program to a brilliant conclusion.

Tracklist:

Contemplating Weather: I. Weather Lament
Contemplating Weather: II. Clouds I
Contemplating Weather: III. Climate Change Riffs
Contemplating Weather: IV. Clouds II
Contemplating Weather: V. Echo of
Contemplating Weather: VI. Interlude
Contemplating Weather: VII. Cold Front
Contemplating Weather: VIII. Clouds III
Contemplating Weather: IX. Snow Arithmetic 1
Contemplating Weather: X. Stratus 1
Contemplating Weather: XI. Chorales 1
Travel Diary: I. Leaving Home 1
Travel Diary: II. Cruising Speed 1
Travel Diary: III. Lost in Philly 1
Travel Diary: IV. Arrived, Phone Home 1
It All Adds Up: I. Tie Yer Shoelaces 1
It All Adds Up: II. As I Was Saying 1
It All Adds Up: III. Ten Is a Lovely Number 1
It All Adds Up: IV. Flat Seven 2
It All Adds Up: V. Enfolded 2
It All Adds Up: VI. Topology

UPC: 090404944727
Label: Bridge
Release Date: 4.7.15
Format: CD

Lansky / Susan Grace / Rybak,Alice - Paul Lansky: Contemplating Weather (CD)