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Welladay! Welladay!

by Byron Au Yong

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    Chamber music for voice(s) and piano trio.

    Welladay! Welladay! Wayward Love Songs sweeps through 36 poems by James Joyce, published in a collection called Chamber Music in 1907. Despite the exclamation points in the title, Welladay! Welladay! is a quiet work. The intimate, variable music nods to love as well as the orphans and unwed mothers who lived in Seattle’s Good Shepherd Center from 1907 to 1973. Crumpled letters and laundered bed sheets provide touchstones for the performance.

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1.
now, o now sleep now o more now, o now love at first is all afraid.
2.
sleep soul sweet soft holding... be at peace again
3.
walk together de dr de de t th tr de th tl th de ti de th t de tw de de ft tr (exhale)
4.
d p d p d k b th tw t o lonely watcher of the skies... so I were ever in that heart... golden hair, window, speak to your heart

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Welladay! Welladay! Wayward Love Songs sweeps through 36 poems by James Joyce, published in a collection called Chamber Music in 1907. Despite the exclamation points in the title, Welladay! Welladay! is a quiet work. The intimate, variable music nods to love as well as the orphans and unwed mothers who lived in Seattle's Good Shepherd Center from 1907 to 1973. Crumpled letters and laundered bed sheets provide touchstones for the voice and piano trio.

These are live recording excerpts from the first performance. Excuse the audience coughing. Whispers, paper crumples and footsteps are part of the music.

credits

released October 28, 2013

Composer
Byron Au Yong

Soprano
Betsy Baeskens Giri

Violin
Tari Nelson-Zagar

Cello
Lori Goldston

Piano
Tiffany Lin

Artist
Bianca Ana Chavez

Recording
Paul Kikuchi

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Byron Au Yong Seattle, Washington

Byron Au Yong composes songs of dislocation, music for a changing world.

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