{"id":547,"date":"2023-09-15T08:38:48","date_gmt":"2023-09-15T12:38:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.nellshawcohen.com\/blog\/?p=547"},"modified":"2023-09-15T08:49:22","modified_gmt":"2023-09-15T12:49:22","slug":"sauntering-songs-album-released-by-skylark-vocal-ensemble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nellshawcohen.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/sauntering-songs-album-released-by-skylark-vocal-ensemble\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Sauntering Songs&#8221; Album Released by Skylark Vocal Ensemble"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.skylarkensemble.org\/albums.html\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-548\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nellshawcohen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Sauntering-Songs-_-Cover-art-1024x1024.png\" alt=\"Album cover for &quot;Sauntering Songs&quot;\" width=\"525\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nellshawcohen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Sauntering-Songs-_-Cover-art-1024x1024.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.nellshawcohen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Sauntering-Songs-_-Cover-art-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/www.nellshawcohen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Sauntering-Songs-_-Cover-art-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/www.nellshawcohen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Sauntering-Songs-_-Cover-art-768x768.png 768w, https:\/\/www.nellshawcohen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Sauntering-Songs-_-Cover-art-1536x1536.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.nellshawcohen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Sauntering-Songs-_-Cover-art-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/www.nellshawcohen.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/Sauntering-Songs-_-Cover-art.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 525px) 100vw, 525px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"padding-top: 0; margin-top: 0px;\"><strong>Sauntering Songs<\/strong><br \/>\nSkylark Vocal Ensemble | Matthew Guard<br \/>\nJuventas New Music Ensemble | James Moore<\/h3>\n<p><em>Watch the trailer:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/J-yE0qH86Hs?si=w27FVyH5JAPih2fy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m thrilled to share that the first\u00a0<strong>full-length album of my concert music<\/strong>\u00a0was released today by three-time GRAMMY nominee <strong>Skylark Vocal Ensemble<\/strong>!<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Sauntering Songs<\/em><\/strong> is available now on all major streaming music platforms (including <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/album\/7KGkbFrVYtKoXr5vdDsYpK?si=TPMkfg3uR3K6rhn8IVcZSw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Spotify<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/music.amazon.com\/albums\/B0CGK4J8TS?marketplaceId=ATVPDKIKX0DER&amp;musicTerritory=US&amp;ref=dm_sh_SKa1adhcCe7GwGOpdQNEWbCLl\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Amazon Music<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/us\/album\/sauntering-songs-live\/1704196710\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Apple Music<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pandora.com\/artist\/skylark-vocal-ensemble\/sauntering-songs-live\/ALv2d2lc4nftmrV?part=ug-desktop&amp;corr=158324178989091412\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pandora<\/a>, and <a href=\"https:\/\/tidal.com\/browse\/album\/312648792\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tidal<\/a>). The CD will be available in October, and may be <a href=\"https:\/\/www.skylarkensemble.org\/albums.html\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.skylarkensemble.org\/albums.html\">pre-ordered<\/a>\u00a0from Skylark. Visit my website for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nellshawcohen.com\/liner-notes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.nellshawcohen.com\/liner-notes\">digital liner notes<\/a> with essays and lyrics.<\/p>\n<p>Skylark&#8217;s 75-minute live album\u00a0features the title work\u2014a concert-length cantata with guest performances by <strong>Juventas New Music Ensemble<\/strong> and guitarist <strong>James Moore<\/strong>\u2014alongside choral cycle <em>Transform the World with Beauty.\u00a0<\/em>Both\u00a0were commissioned by Skylark and recorded live in concert.<\/p>\n<p><em>Sauntering Songs <\/em>(tracks 1-17) is my love letter to wanderlust: weaving together art songs, choral music, and literature into an expansive cantata on the theme of walking. From Walt Whitman to the present day, <em>Sauntering Songs\u00a0<\/em>celebrates diverse characters who search for freedom and fulfillment through subversive journeys on foot.\u00a0<em>Transform the World with Beauty\u00a0<\/em>(tracks 18-20) was inspired by the flowering of visual art and poetry in Victorian Britain.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m incredibly honored to have participated in this stunning recording that Skylark and our collaborators have created, and now to be able to share our work with you. I sincerely hope you enjoy <em>Sauntering Songs<\/em>!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014Nell<\/p>\n<p><em>The scores of\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nellshawcohen.com\/sauntering-songs\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.nellshawcohen.com\/sauntering-songs\/\">Sauntering Songs<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nellshawcohen.com\/transform-the-world-with-beauty\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cke-saved-href=\"https:\/\/www.nellshawcohen.com\/transform-the-world-with-beauty\/\">Transform the World with Beauty<\/a> are both available for performance, in full or excerpts. Please\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:nellshawcohen@gmail.com?subject=Score%20inquiry%3A%20music%20from%20Juventas%20at%20The%20Clark\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-cke-saved-href=\"mailto:nellshawcohen@gmail.com?subject=Score%20inquiry%3A%20music%20from%20Juventas%20at%20The%20Clark\">contact me<\/a> for purchasing information.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sauntering Songs Skylark Vocal Ensemble | Matthew Guard Juventas New Music Ensemble | James Moore Watch the trailer: I&#8217;m thrilled to share that the first\u00a0full-length album of my concert music\u00a0was released today by three-time GRAMMY nominee Skylark Vocal Ensemble! Sauntering Songs is available now on all major streaming music platforms (including Spotify, Amazon Music, Apple &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nellshawcohen.com\/blog\/2023\/09\/sauntering-songs-album-released-by-skylark-vocal-ensemble\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;&#8220;Sauntering Songs&#8221; Album Released by Skylark Vocal Ensemble&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[61],"tags":[70,24],"class_list":["post-547","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-new-recordings","tag-nature-and-music","tag-recordings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nellshawcohen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nellshawcohen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nellshawcohen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nellshawcohen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nellshawcohen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=547"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.nellshawcohen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/547\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nellshawcohen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=547"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nellshawcohen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=547"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nellshawcohen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=547"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}