{"id":15341,"date":"2023-06-15T11:35:12","date_gmt":"2023-06-15T10:35:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cassandravoices.com\/?p=15341"},"modified":"2023-06-15T11:35:12","modified_gmt":"2023-06-15T10:35:12","slug":"musician-of-the-month-garrett-sholdice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/casswp.eutonom.eu\/index.php\/2023\/06\/15\/musician-of-the-month-garrett-sholdice\/","title":{"rendered":"Musician of the Month: Garrett Sholdice"},"content":{"rendered":"

Earlier this month I released The Blue Light<\/em>, a selection of solo piano and chamber pieces spanning the last decade, performed by pianist Michael McHale and musicians from Crash Ensemble. The album offers a range of sound-worlds, and I like to think that I am open to the possibility of my music changing, but I realise that there seem to be some constants in what I am doing: I want to create highly concentrated, meditative \u2013 even ritualistic \u2013 experiences. Maybe I always will.<\/span><\/p>\n

In 2006, I co-founded a record label and music production company called Ergodos<\/a><\/span> with composer Benedict Schlepper-Connolly. We have co-curated dozens of projects together, and my work as a composer has often involved composing for specific contexts (such as, e.g., the Ergodos Musicians project I Call to You<\/em><\/a><\/span>). For The Blue Light<\/em>, my first solo album, I wanted to try to keep a sense of curated \u201ccoherence\u201d across the record, even though the album is essentially a compilation.<\/p>\n

The album opens with a solo piano piece composed last year: Und weinen, und l\u00e4cheln<\/em>. This short toccata takes its inspiration from “Des Fischers Liebesgl\u00fcck”, a song by Franz Schubert with words by Karl Gottfried von Leitner. The final stanza reads: \u201cUnd weinen \/ Und l\u00e4cheln, \/ Und meinen, \/ Enthoben \/ Der Erde, \/ Schon oben, \/ Schon dr\u00fcben zu sein.\u201d An English translation: \u201cWeeping, \/ smiling, \/ we think \/ we are relieved of the earth, \/ and are already up above, \/ in another place.\u201d<\/p>\n

Audio embed: use code below to embed “Des Fischers Liebesgl\u00fcck” by Franz Schubert from Spotify<\/p>\n