Dirty Music, concerto for amplified violin and burlesque band

Dirty Music

Richard Pearson Thomas

A "concerto" for violin and burlesque band! Live premiere performance featuring Naho Parrini, violin and members of the Bloomingdale School of Music faculty band,

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Dirty Music 1 Told Ya' So 4:18

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Dirty Music 2 Too Tired to Sleep 4:24

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Dirty Music 3 There it Goes ...! 3:57

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Dirty Music 4 Too Hot to Handle 4:06

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Art Songs

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I never saw a moor 2:18

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2

Ballad of the Boy Who Went to Sea 5:33

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3

Amarilli mia bella from Ossessione 4:38

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4

Sebben crudele from Ossessione 3:26

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5

How Many Churches? 2:41

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Droplets 4:50

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7

Jordan 4:13

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8

The Road to Avrillé 2:09

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9

Why Can't I Let You Go? 4:36

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10

When I Kiss You 3:55

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Spring Rain 1: Old Tunes 3:42

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Spring Rain 2: The Ghost 2:33

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Spring Rain 3: Child, Child 2:50

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Spring Rain 4: Spring Rain 4:19

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Cabaret Songs

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Just Another Hour (duet) 5:16

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The Thought of Him 3:42

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3

How Many Churches? 2:41

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4

My German Boyfriend 1:23

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5

When I Kiss You 3:55

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Why Can't I Let You Go? 4:36

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Damaged (duet) 3:14

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I'm Gonna Sail Away 5:53

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It Doesn't Matter 2:46

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Race for the Sky is a cycle of songs for soprano, violin, and piano by Richard Pearson Thomas. It was inspired by poems collected in New York City from makeshift shrines and memorials left following the attacks of September 11th, 2001. Commissioned by Lisa Radakovich Holsberg, Race for the Sky was premiered at the New York Historical Society on September 11, 2002 and has received numerous performances nationwide, including in an orchestral version with the Westchester Philharmonic Orchestra.

Race for the Sky: Voices of 9/11

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To the Towers Themselves 4:09

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2

How My Life Has Changed 5:03

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3

Meditation 4:04

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4

don't look for me anymore 5:20

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