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Will The Time Ever Come ~ Art Songs And Chamber Music Inspired By Nature

by Toni Lester

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1.
Earth Song 03:32
2.
Bolinas Bay 02:21
3.
The Clearing 01:38
4.
Winter Song 02:50
5.
On The Edge 03:10
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December 03:56
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Bear Trail 01:29
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Summer Fruit 00:55
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Prey 00:55
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And Yet 08:24
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“Will The Time Ever Come?" is a fresh and compelling take on how music can honor our connection to nature. Pristine art songs set to poetry by Toni Lester, and iconic writers Langston Hughes and Katherine Mansfield, share the stage with string quartets and ambient sound design married to acoustic chamber music. The album features Grammy Award Baritone Dashon Burton and other inspiring performers. The title track, "Earth Song", was originally commissioned by the late pioneering African American baritone, Robert Honeysucker and his Jubilee Trio.

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released July 16, 2021

Tracks
1 Earth Song
2 Bolinas Bay
3 In The Clearing
4 Winter Song
5 On the Edge
6 December
7 When I Remember
8 Flower in the Night
9 Bear Trail
10 Summer Fruit
11 Circling (w/spoken word)
12 Prey
13 Singing For Our Kin
14 And Yet
15 Circling (Reprise)
16 On The Edge (Reprise)
[All music and lyrics by Toni Lester, except: text for "Winter Song" from "Winter Poem" by Katherine Mansfield, and text for "Earth Song" from "Earth Song" by Langston Hughes, both used w/permission from their literary estates.]

Performer, Tracks
Dashon Burton (baritone) (1,2,6,7,8,9,10)
James Dargan (baritone) (11)
Tera Gorsett (1st violin) (11,15)
Lilit Hartunian (2nd violin) (11,15)
Emily Marvosh (contralto) (1,2,6,8,9,10)
Clare Iannotta Nielsen (flute) (5,14,16)
Jessica Petrus (soprano) (3,4,13)
Stephen Porter (piano) (1,2,5,6,7,8,9,10,12,14,16)
Aristides Rivas (celo) (11,15)
Reinmar Seidler (cello) (5,14,16)
Russell Wilson (cello) (11,15)

Recorded and Mastered by John Weston (futuraproductions.com).

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Toni Lester New York, New York

Toni Lester is a composer, interdisciplinary artist, poet, playwrite and cultural critic. Her work is inspired by art, experimental and world music, sound, jazz, poetry, film, theater, dance culture, and social issues.

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