Tyshawn Sorey
1980 -
United States of America, NJ
Tyshawn Sorey (08/07/1980) is an American composer, multi-instrumentalist, and professor of contemporary music. Sorey has received accolades for performances, recordings, and compositions ranging from improvised solo percussion to opera, with work in best-of lists for both classical and jazz music. The New Yorker included Sorey in their annual "Notable Performances and Recordings" lists for 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020; the pandemic-era entry was for premieres "cast in unconventional concerto form". His prolific output during a time of heavy restrictions on live performance led a New York Times critic to call him 2020's "composer of the year".
Source: | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyshawn_Sorey |
Requiem for a plague
Period: | 21st century |
Composed in: | 2021 |
Musical form: | free |
Text/libretto: | vocalise |
Duration: | 4'44 |
In memory of: | the Corona pandemic started 2020 |
Label(s): | New Focus Recordings (2022) |
Tyshawn Sorey’s Requiem for Plague is dense and haunting, featuring murky harmonies that support disembodied high notes in the soprano. Sorey’s landscape is one of continued searching; with the many issues that have gained increased visibility over the last few years, Sorey powerfully asserts their continued urgency and importance with this wordless requiem.
Source: | https://newfocusrecordings.bandcamp.com/album/carols-after-a-plague |
Contributor: | Arye Kendi |