What I Wanted to Tell You
Jessica Krash (composer, piano)
A native of Washington, DC, composer and pianist Jessica Krash was awarded a Wammie (Washington Area Music Association’s Grammy) in 2010. Her work has been presented in both traditional and experimental settings in New York, Germany, Austria and all the major performance venues and museums in Washington, DC. She lectures on topics of music and the brain, music history and the insights we get from dangerous, banned and provocative music. She is on the faculty at George Washington University and has previously been a faculty member at George Mason University and the Levine School of Music. Se is a graduate of Harvard, Juilliard and the University of Maryland, where she earned her doctorate in composition. The major work on this recording, Be Seeing You, for string quartet and piano, was commissioned by the National Gallery of Art and the National Museum of Women in the Arts and is inspired by 14 depictions of women found in these two museums.
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Track Listing
| Title | Composer | Performer |
|---|---|---|
| Second Hand | Jessica Krash | Jessica Krash, piano |
| Cheyenne Rabbi 1940s | Jessica Krash | Ian Swensen, violin, Jessica Krash, piano |
| Be Seeing You | Jessica Krash | The Sunrise Quartet, Jessica Krash, piano |
| really, truly | Jessica Krash | Elisabeth Adkins, violin, Jessica Krash, piano |
| Dangerous Curves | Jessica Krash | Jessica Krash, piano |
| What I Wanted to Tell You | Jessica Krash | Tanya Anisimova, cello, Jessica Krash, piano |
| Five Bagatelles | Jessica Krash | Paul Cigan, clarinet, Carole Tafoya Evans, violin, Mark Evans, cello, Jessica Krash, piano |
Reviews
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"Krash seems to place us in the figure’s thoughts as though we’ve always been there. There are times of introspection that are then interrupted by hurried rhythms. It’s like one’s thoughts – running here and there, pausing to reflect on something and then running on again."
"The sorrow of abandonment opens the string quintet with thoughts of the past, and yet, there is a quiet optimism in the piano, painting sound images of the world that awaits."
"Krash’s music places us in a world that is both cute and dangerous. The strings shiver, and the piano’s melody responds to the action."
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"Krash has important things to say in her own unique compositional voice, and her pia-nistic gifts, along with the musical talents of the other performers in this well-recorded CD, bring her ideas off convincingly. This arresting and original music ought to be ex-plored by any reader with an interest in the music of our era."
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