Tonya Lemoh - I Dream a World (2024) [Hi-Res]

Tracklist

01. They Will Not Lend Me a Child, Op. 59 No. 4
02. Oloba, Op. 59 No. 7
03. Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child, Op. 59 No. 22
04. Child Asleep
05. His Dream
06. Dances in the Canebrakes: No. 1, Nimble Feet
07. Two Mende Melodies: No. 1, Homage to Samuel Coleridge-Taylor
08. Two Mende Melodies: No. 2, Mende Lullaby
09. Kinderszenen, Op. 15: No. 1, Von fremden Ländern und Menschen
10. Kinderszenen, Op. 15: No. 2, Curiose Geschichte
11. Kinderszenen, Op. 15: No. 3, Hasche-Mann
12. Kinderszenen, Op. 15: No. 4, Bittendes Kind
13. Kinderszenen, Op. 15: No. 5, Glückes genug
14. Kinderszenen, Op. 15: No. 6, Wichtige Begebenheit
15. Kinderszenen, Op. 15: No. 7, Träumerei
16. Kinderszenen, Op. 15: No. 8, Am Kamin
17. Kinderszenen, Op. 15: No. 9, Ritter vom Steckenpferd
18. Kinderszenen, Op. 15: No. 10, Fast zu ernst
19. Kinderszenen, Op. 15: No. 11, Fürchtenmachen
20. Kinderszenen, Op. 15: No. 12, Kind im Einschlummern
21. Kinderszenen, Op. 15: No. 13, Der Dichter spricht
22. Piano Village: No. 1, Lullaby for Nick
23. Piano Village: No. 19, April Code
24. Piano Village: No. 22 Blue Tears
25. Piano Village: No. 6, Green Leaf Prelude
26. Piano Village: No. 7, Eliza Aria

From award-winning Australian/Sierra Leonean pianist Tonya Lemoh, an album of utterly enchanting solo piano music featuring works by Elena Kats-Chernin, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor and Florence Price, plus Robert Schumann’s iconic Scenes from Childhood.

The title of this album was inspired by Harlem Renaissance poet Langston Hughes’ poem I Dream
a World. The concept of the album was inspired by Lemoh’s father, a Sierra Leonean paediatrician: his unshakeable faith in the uniquely precious state of childhood, and the hope that each new generation represents of a better future. ‘The works explore childhood from different angles,’ says Lemoh. ‘Some capture my own nostalgia and memories of childhood, while others are connected to the rich cultural heritage in the music of Africa, Europe, America and Australia.’

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