“Gilligan has helped transform New Hampshire’s Keene State College into a magnetic sanctuary for concerts of new musical works and workshops with veteran composers.”
American composer Heather Gilligan strives to write music both edgy and lyrical. Her fresh, organic style is honest, direct, and compassionate while exploring the limits of emotion from humor to anguish.
LIVING IN LIGHT
a debut album
Heather Gilligan, composer
Margot Rood, soprano
Released by Albany Records
“...a new album that capably demonstrates that the art song is not only alive and well but thriving in the early decades of the 21st century.”
This recording contains six song cycles -- each set for soprano -- but the instrumentation is varied. Living in Light is scored for soprano and cello; Garden Songs for soprano, trumpet, and piano; Mixed Metaphors for soprano and piano; Winged Reflections for soprano, saxophone, and piano; Battlegrounds for soprano and string quartet; and Finer Points for soprano and percussion.
TRACK LIST
Living in Light: I. Buried Love
Living in Light: II. I Shall Not Care
Living in Light: III. June Night
Living in Light: IV. A Little While
Garden Songs: I. Nurse's Song
Garden Songs: II. Garden of Love
Garden Songs: III. My Pretty Rose Tree
Mixed Metaphors: I. Blinded
Mixed Metaphors: II. Thirst
Mixed Metaphors: III. Living Alone
Winged Reflections: I. Utterance
Winged Reflections: II. Requiem
Winged Reflections: III. Paradise Point
Battlegrounds: I. Carlos
Battlegrounds: II. Rebecca Lets Her Hair Down
Battlegrounds: III. Honey & Watermelons
Battlegrounds: IV. Liberia Fever, 1877
Finer Points: I. Resilience
Finer Points: II. Indolence
Finer Points: III. Perseverance