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Zae Munn: They Were Mysterious Guests

Chamber music with alto saxophone

Jill Heyboer (flute), Sandra Jackson (clarinet), George Sakakeeny (bassoon), Henry Skolnick (contraforte), David Jackson (trombone), Kimberly Burja (percussion), Lucia Unrau (piano), Daniel Vega-Albela (violin), Tracy Satterfield (soprano), David Murray (double bass), Jeff Siegfried (alto saxophone),...

Release Date: 10th Mar 2015
Catalogue No: NV5991
Label: Navona Records
Length: 58 minutes

Munn: Broken Tulip

Work length7:21

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Jill Heyboer, Sandra Jackson, Timothy McAllister, George Sakakeeny, Henry Skolnick, David Jackson, Kimberly Burja

Munn: They Were Mysterious Guests, Hard to Capture

Work length11:04

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Timothy McAllister, Lucia Unrau

I. They Were Mysterious Guests, Hard to Capture

Track length4:51

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II. If Enough Hosts Weep, the All Night Dance Ceremony Is Considered a Success

Track length3:40

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III. Recollection

Track length2:33

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Munn: Disclosure

Work length7:59

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Timothy McAllister, George Sakakeeny, Daniel Vega-Albela

Munn: The Old Songs (Scena for Soprano and 3 Instruments)

Work length9:47

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Tracy Satterfield, Sandra Jackson, Timothy McAllister, David Murray

Munn: Cascade

Work length6:30

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Sandra Jackson, Timothy McAllister, David Jackson

Munn: Music

Work length6:25

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Timothy McAllister, Lucia Unrau, Daniel Vega-Albela

A Love Story

Track length6:25

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Munn: Hanging onto the Vine

Work length9:24

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Timothy McAllister, Jeff Siegfried, Thomas Snydacker, Chet Baughman

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On her debut Navona Records release THEY WERE MYSTERIOUS GUESTS, composer Zae Munn showcases works for alto saxophone in eclectic chamber combinations, featuring internationally-renowned saxophonist Timothy McAllister.

Broken Tulip, which features Henry Skolnick on the contraforte, a modern reworking of the contrabassoon, is inspired by the notion that the perception of an idea or an object can undergo a radical shift while the idea or object itself remains static. Music: A Love Story is a musical narrative that depicts the ironic process of creating and writing music, while the three movements of They Were Mysterious Guests, Hard to Capture illustrate the unbidden nature of emotions, such as grief and the pain of remembrance. In Cascade, the composer addresses two associations of the word - interconnectedness found in electronic circuits and series of waterfalls over rocks. The themes in Disclosure focus on the non-static nature of personal discourse and how, as the composer says, "the act of disclosing inevitably changes what is disclosed, reveals new connections and implications, is nuanced by the one to whom the disclosure is made, and by the context of the disclosure." Various images of vines and hanging, from Tarzan swinging in the jungle to references of the fruit-bearing branches in the Gospel of John, are presented in Hanging onto the Vine. The Old Songs, Scena for Soprano and Three Instruments is a small drama in 12 Italianesque pieces, the text taken from a poem by Munn's brother Paul Munn about memories and memory loss.

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featuring Timothy McAllister (saxophones)

Zae Munn: They Were Mysterious Guests

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