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Forgotten Voices - A Song Cycle for Voices and Strings

3/10/2023, 16 Tracks, 1:01:18

Featuring

  • Jesse Blumberg
  • Kelly Hall-Tompkins
  • Ling Ling Huang
  • Andrew Gonzalez
  • Peter Seidenberg
  • Allison Charney
  • John-Paul Norpoth
  • Adrienne Danrich
  • Mark Risinger
  • Alexis Pia Gerlach
  • Steve Sandberg
  • Jeff Scott
  • Errollyn Wallen
  • Jon Jeffrey Grier
  • Ellen Taaffe Zwilich
  • Courtney Bryan
  • James Lee III
  • Kevin Puts
  • Kamala Sankaram
  • Gabriel Kahane
  • Carlos Simon
  • Angélica Negrón
  • Beata Moon
  • Paul Moravec

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Recording & Production

The recording took place from September 23-25, 2021, at the Centennial Memorial Temple of the Salvation Army in New York, with Kelly Hall-Tompkins as producer.

Source: Booklet

Cultural Impact

Music Kitchen, founded by Kelly Hall-Tompkins in 2005, is a pioneer organization that brings top classical music artists to perform in homeless shelters, reaching over 30,000 clients coast to coast and internationally.

Source: Booklet

Album & Artwork

The album's recording was made possible with support from the NYC Women's Fund for Media, Music and Theatre, in association with the New York Foundation for the Arts.

Source: Booklet

Composition History

This album, "Forgotten Voices," is a song cycle commissioned by Music Kitchen - Food for the Soul, with support from Carnegie Hall, to celebrate the organization's 100th concert and 15th season.

Source: Booklet

Composer's Artistic Vision

The texts for the songs on this album were shared by homeless shelter clients who attended Music Kitchen concerts, with their names omitted to honor their privacy.

Source: Booklet

Performer Biography

Kelly Hall-Tompkins, a violinist and the founder of Music Kitchen, is a Naumburg International Violin Competition Honorarium Prize winner and a Sphinx Medal of Excellence recipient.

Source: Booklet

Notable Performances

The complete song cycle had its world premiere in association with Carnegie Hall at a sold-out Zankel Hall on March 31st, 2022.

Source: Booklet

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