James Kallembach
Composition Samples
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August 2021
Antigone: The Writings of Sophie Scholl and the White Rose Movement–James Kallembach
Lorelei Ensemble; Beth Willer, Artistic Director
This video was created as part of the recording of Antigone in 2021.
Antigone: The Writings of Sophie Scholl and the White Rose Movement–James Kallembach
Lorelei Ensemble; Beth Willer, Artistic Director
This video was created as part of the recording of Antigone in 2021.
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February 2019
Weightless Dreams – James Kallembach
Tamara Wilson, soprano; Justina Lee, piano (recorded live)
00:00: Cady Coleman
03:02: Peggy Whitson
06:41: Sally Ride I
09:58: Sunita Williams
12:34: Sally Ride II
This cycle was commissioned by soprano Tamara Wilson. Each song is a quote from a female astronaut, summarized below:
Cady Coleman: speaks of dreaming that she was still weightless after returning to earth
Peggy Whitson: describes the sunrise as the International Space Station completes an orbit
Sally Ride I: describes seeing the "thin blue line" of the earth's atmosphere and recognizing how fragile the planet is.
Sunita Williams: describes the experiencing each aspect of space the last time before returning to earth
Sally Ride II: based on a news article in which she caused a stir by refusing a bouquet of roses upon returning to earth
Weightless Dreams – James Kallembach
Tamara Wilson, soprano; Justina Lee, piano (recorded live)
00:00: Cady Coleman
03:02: Peggy Whitson
06:41: Sally Ride I
09:58: Sunita Williams
12:34: Sally Ride II
This cycle was commissioned by soprano Tamara Wilson. Each song is a quote from a female astronaut, summarized below:
Cady Coleman: speaks of dreaming that she was still weightless after returning to earth
Peggy Whitson: describes the sunrise as the International Space Station completes an orbit
Sally Ride I: describes seeing the "thin blue line" of the earth's atmosphere and recognizing how fragile the planet is.
Sunita Williams: describes the experiencing each aspect of space the last time before returning to earth
Sally Ride II: based on a news article in which she caused a stir by refusing a bouquet of roses upon returning to earth
November 2018
Audbon: James Kallembach
Finale "The Silver Band"
Chorus pro Musica; Sumner Thompson, baritone; Jamie Kirsch, conductor; Kathy Wittman, videographer
Recitative 0:00-0:56
Aria, reprise, finale 0:56
The second act of Audubon finds him entertaining a wealthy British household in his rather ridiculous "American Woodsman" persona he adopts to sell subscriptions for his "Birds of America" in Europe. In the final movement Audubon returns to the letter from his wife Lucy he received at the top of the act. Reading it, he knows he must return home to his family after his three years of separation or face permanent estrangement. He sings of "the silver band" that he, over a decade ago, placed on the legs of a pair of Eastern Phoebes– which marked the first bird he truly studied, perhaps the first instance of bird banding in history, and the beginning of his courtship of Lucy. He is reminded of the silver bands that "mark us and guide us and lead us home." The libretto for Audubon is adapted from Audubon's own writings in journals and books.
Audbon: James Kallembach
Finale "The Silver Band"
Chorus pro Musica; Sumner Thompson, baritone; Jamie Kirsch, conductor; Kathy Wittman, videographer
Recitative 0:00-0:56
Aria, reprise, finale 0:56
The second act of Audubon finds him entertaining a wealthy British household in his rather ridiculous "American Woodsman" persona he adopts to sell subscriptions for his "Birds of America" in Europe. In the final movement Audubon returns to the letter from his wife Lucy he received at the top of the act. Reading it, he knows he must return home to his family after his three years of separation or face permanent estrangement. He sings of "the silver band" that he, over a decade ago, placed on the legs of a pair of Eastern Phoebes– which marked the first bird he truly studied, perhaps the first instance of bird banding in history, and the beginning of his courtship of Lucy. He is reminded of the silver bands that "mark us and guide us and lead us home." The libretto for Audubon is adapted from Audubon's own writings in journals and books.