Night Voiced
Mark Winges composer
Ellen Ruth Rose viola; Mark Winges organ
Thalia Moore cello; Karen Rosenak piano
The Left Coast Ensemble | Kurt Rohde viola; Tanya Tomkins cello
Michael Goldberg guitar
NIGHT VOICED, the new release by San Francisco composer Mark Winges, is a collection of warm sounding and texturally rich works featuring the viola in a lush variety of solo, duo, and trio contexts.
The title of the album is based on the individual composition of the same name, which is from a poem by Carolyn Forché, “a viola, night-voiced, calls into its past but nothing comes,” and reflects the often nocturnal feeling of the program. Other titles such as wary-gliding, ghostly, “Melted Red, Frozen Black”, and “Here (marginally buoyant),” offer a hint of the delightful vignettes and turns the music takes along the way.
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Artist Information
Mark Winges
Mark Winges was born in Louisville KY and currently resides in San Francisco, where he has been resident composer/advisor for Volti since 1990. He was also composer-in-residence for the San Francisco Choral Artists in the 2012–2013 season. He is a graduate of the College-Conservatory of Music in Cincinnati, SF State University, and has studied at the Musikhögskolan in Stockholm, Sweden with composer Arne Mellnäs.