note to a friend
David Lang, Theo Bleckmann, Attacca Kwartet
- Format
- Digital
The Letter from David Lang to a Friend was commissioned by the Japan Society in New York and the Tokyo Bunka Kaikan center in Japan, and is inspired by the famous letter of short-story writer Ryunosuke Akutagawa to a fellow writer, in which he announced his intention to end his life.
The work, conceived as a chamber opera for solo singer and string quartet, is also the perfect vehicle for singer Theo Blackmann , who in collaboration with the inimitable Attacca Quartet brings a profound emotional charge to his performance. The result is a stunning and moving monodrama that addresses our eternal human fascination with love, death, family and the ghosts of our daily existence.
Tracklist
- 01 note to a friend: prelude 02:26
- 02 note to a friend: people who kill themselves 06:06
- 03 note to a friend: my mother had lost her mind 05:16
- 04 note to a friend: I had a sister 06:25
- 05 note to a friend: amen 01:45
- 06 note to a friend: my father ran a store 05:27
- 07 note to a friend: my mother, my sister, my father 05:28
- 08 note to a friend: I wanted to die 09:54
- 09 note to a friend: long silence 05:46
