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Neuma, 2026
9/10
The composer Sarah Genevieve Burghart Rice balances suffering and liberation across these 3 distinct pieces that are certainly experimental and touch on classical ideas in atypical ways.
“3 Songs” leads with the Duo Cortona’s distinct performance that blends mezzo-soprano and violin via a rare intimacy that utilizes texts penned by Burghart Rice which explore reclaiming voice and community.
The middle track, “The Hardscrabble”, showcases the talents of the Nittany Winds, whose busy interaction can be wild, is certainly animated but can also retreat to calm.
The final piece, “Murmurs From Limbo”, features Thea Lobo, Jordan Rutter-Covatto and a chamber ensemble, where the lengthy duration surrounds dying and consciousness amid Middle English texts by anonymous poets.
Also an educator, Burghart Rice brings a wealth of talent and experience to the affair, where she addresses trauma from an enlightening standpoint across a very a detailed, sometimes intense body of work.
Travels well with: Stephanie Lamprea/Alistair MacDonald- Ecstatic Visions; Christopher Shultis- Waldmusik