David Tepfer, the poet for this album, is a biologist, adventurer, and writer from Oregon, now living in Paris.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Johan Farjot, a product of the Paris Conservatoire, embraces his tonal heritage, believing the "war" between atonal and tonal music has ended.
Compositional Technique
Johan Farjot had to conduct extensive research into English prosody to set David Tepfer's poems to music, as French lacks the strong rhythmical accents found in English.
Composition History
The poems for this album were selected by Johan Farjot from David Tepfer's series of four novels, with "Lovescapes" drawing from the last novel and "Shikoku Songs" from the first.
Composition History
The album's song cycle, "Lovescapes," is the first part of a tetralogy, with the long-term goal of becoming an opera.
Composer's Artistic Vision
Johan Farjot's music on this album is influenced by both French music composers like Ravel, Debussy, and Boulanger, and American repetitive music.
