By & By

By & By

instrumentation: voice and string quartet

1. Will there be any Stars in my Crown
2. Angel Band
3. O Death
4. I'll Fly Away

duration: 20'

PROGRAM NOTE:

By & By is a collection of songs that reimagine the lyrics from several traditional hymns. Rather than arrangements of the original tunes, only the words remain, reset in a gentler, darker context. The melody is loose and limber, straying far from the shape and character of the original melody, while the string textures that envelop the voice both draw from and undermine the traditional, familiar harmonic framework that we generally associate with these songs.