Songs of Ascension

Songs of Ascension

Studio album by Meredith Monk

Released

May 13, 2011

Recorded

November 2009 at Academy of Arts and Letters, New York.

Length

67:27

Meredith Monk chronology

Beginnings
(2009)

Songs of Ascension
(2011)

Piano Songs
(2014)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]

Songs of Ascension is the thirteenth album by Meredith Monk, released on May 13, 2011 through ECM New Series.

Track listing

All tracks written by Meredith Monk, except "Vow" co-written with Mieke van Hoek and "Clusters 3" co-written with Bohdan Hilash.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Clusters 1"	3:17
2.	"Strand (Gathering)"	1:55
3.	"Winter Variation"	1:51
4.	"Cloud Code"	3:31
5.	"Shift"	1:51
6.	"Mapping"	2:07
7.	"Summer Variation"	3:16
8.	"Vow"	3:12
9.	"Clusters 2"	2:27
10.	"Falling"	2:54
11.	"Burn"	4:16
12.	"Strand (Inner Psalm)"	3:12
13.	"Autumn Variation"	2:48
14.	"Ledge Dance"	1:50
15.	"Traces"	1:20
16.	"Respite"	5:56
17.	"Mapping Continued"	1:29
18.	"Clusters 3"	2:09
19.	"Spring Variation"	4:03
20.	"Fathom"	4:37
21.	"Ascent"	9:26

Personnel

Musicians

Sasha Bogdanowitsch – vocals
Heather J. Buchanan – conductor
Sidney Chen – vocals
Emily Eagen – vocals
Ellen Fisher – shruti box, vocals
Katie Geissinger – shruti box, vocals
Ching Gonzalez – shruti box, vocals
Bohdan Hilash – alto saxophone, bass clarinet, khene, shruti Box
John Hollenbeck – percussion, shruti box, vocals
Ha-Yang Kim – cello, vocals
Meredith Monk – shruti box, vocals, mixing
Holly Nadal – vocals
Toby Newman – vocals
Courtney Orlando – violin, vocals
Bruce Rameker – shruti box, vocals
Todd Reynolds – violin
Peter Sciscioli – vocals
Nadia Sirota – viola, vocals
Allison Sniffin – shruti box, vocals

Production

Manfred Eicher – production, mixing
James A. Farber – engineering, mixing
Marion Gray – photography
Sascha Kleis – design
Paul Zinman – engineering

References

↑ Eddins, Stephen. "Meredith Monk: Songs of Ascension". Allmusic. Retrieved July 4, 2013.

Meredith Monk

Studio albums	Key Our Lady of Late Songs from the Hill/Tablet Dolmen Music Turtle Dreams Do You Be Book of Days Facing North Atlas: An Opera in Three Parts Volcano Songs mercy Impermanence Songs of Ascension

Compilation albums	Beginnings

Compositions	Atlas Possible Sky Stringsongs

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