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Lim: Tongue of the Invisible
Uri Caine (piano) & Omar Ebrahim (baritone)
ensemble musikFabrik, André de Ridder
Lim deploys improvisation judiciously, keeping it strictly within bounds, and the imagery of her music can be direct in its own right, whether it's the fierce declamation of the vocal writing,...
Lim: Tongue of the Invisible
Uri Caine (piano) & Omar Ebrahim (baritone)
ensemble musikFabrik, André de Ridder
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Lim deploys improvisation judiciously, keeping it strictly within bounds, and the imagery of her music can be direct in its own right, whether it's the fierce declamation of the vocal writing,...
About
A "story of 'fixed' and 'open' things" unfolds in Liza Lim's work 'Tongue of the Invisible' on this new CD on Wergo's edition musikFabrik. Of Chinese descent, the Australia-born composer was inspired by the lyric poetry of the Sufi Persian poet Hafiz.
Contents and tracklist
Liza Lim, Jonathan Holmes:
Tongue of the Invisible
Work length54:02
This work is only available as an album download.
- Ensemble Musikfabrik, Uri Caine, Omar Ebrahim (baritone)
- André de Ridder
I. At dawn I heard the tongue of the invisible
Track length12:15
This track is only available as an album download.
VII. Encircling its towers with a silver coronet of song
Track length14:15
This track is only available as an album download.
Awards and reviews
15th August 2013
Lim deploys improvisation judiciously, keeping it strictly within bounds, and the imagery of her music can be direct in its own right, whether it's the fierce declamation of the vocal writing, the skirling wind solos or the filigree string decoration and the musical and verbal landmarks
