Monday, February 19, 2018

Miriam Gideon - Of Shadows Numberless


Jeremy Siskind, piano

Miriam Gideon is one of the most underrated composers of the 20th century.

Allegretto: magic casements opening on seas of perilous foam
Animato: the blushful Hippocrene
Ritornelle: magic casements opening
Presto: The murmurous haunt of flies on summer eves
Tranquillamente: White hawthorn and the pastoral eglantine
Moderato: Adieu! thy plaintive anthem fades past the near meadows

Jeremy Siskind, piano
Live at Spectrum NYC (May 26, 2016)

Miriam Gideon’s Of Shadows Numberless takes its title from a phrase in John Keats’ poem, Ode to a Nightingale, and each of its six movements, likewise, draws inspiration from a phrase in Keats’ work. 

Ode To A Nightingale

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