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S Mackey - Memoir | Bridge BRIDGE9601

S Mackey - Memoir

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Label: Bridge

Cat No: BRIDGE9601

Barcode: 0090404960123

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 6th September 2024

Contents

Artists

Natalie Christa Rakes (narrator)
Dover Quartet
Arx Duo

Works

Mackey, Steven

Memoir

Artists

Natalie Christa Rakes (narrator)
Dover Quartet
Arx Duo

About

Composer Steve Mackey’s Memoir is a 75-minute work for narrator, string quartet and percussion duo based on the unpublished memoir written by his mother — Elaine Mackey. Ms Mackey bore witness to the tumultuous 20th Century – The Great Depression, WWII, while battling social anxiety, divorce, and alcoholism. She writes with disarming candour about her experiences, which are brought to life in son Steve’s propulsive, yet tender, heartfelt score. Director Mark DeChiazza writes that “The text of Elaine’s memoir, provide Mackey his point of entry – a portal through which he conducts a musical conversation with his mother, and his engagement with the document she left him.” The recording features stunning performances by narrator Natalie Christa Rakes, who is joined by two of today's leading ensembles, the Dover Quartet and Arx Duo.

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