Meredith Monk - Cellular Songs | ECM New Series 4878858

Meredith Monk - Cellular Songs

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Label: ECM New Series

Cat No: 4878858

Format: CD

Number of Discs: 1

Genre: Vocal/Choral

Release Date: 24th October 2025

Contents

Artists

Meredith Monk (voice, body percussion)
Ellen Fisher (voice, body percussion)
Katie Geissinger (voice, body percussion)
Joanna Lynn-Jacobs (voice, body percussion)
Allison Sniffin (voice, body percussion, violin, piano)
John Hollenbeck (vibraphone, percussion, crotales)

Works

Monk, Meredith

Branching
Breathstream
Cell Trios (3)
Click Song no.3
Dive
Dyads
Generation Dance
Happy Woman
Lullaby for Lise
Melt
Nyems
Passing

Artists

Meredith Monk (voice, body percussion)
Ellen Fisher (voice, body percussion)
Katie Geissinger (voice, body percussion)
Joanna Lynn-Jacobs (voice, body percussion)
Allison Sniffin (voice, body percussion, violin, piano)
John Hollenbeck (vibraphone, percussion, crotales)

About

Cooperation, interdependence and kindness are the qualities that Meredith Monk emphasises in Cellular Songs, "as an antidote to the values that are being propagated right now." Of the work's premiere performance the New York Times wrote, "Ms. Monk spun together divergent elements so fluidly that it created an unmistakable sense of hope. It's much easier to conceive of bridging public divides - or even containing multitudes, as an individual - when you witness a synthesis like the one created in Cellular Songs." The second part of an interdisciplinary trilogy begun with On Behalf of Nature, Cellular Songs looks inward, at the fabric of life itself, and draws inspiration from cellular activity including replication and mutation, in the course of some of Meredith Monk's most adventurous vocal music. The composer describes her process in spatial terms: "Earlier, my music had much more to do with layering. Now you can almost see or hear the piece rotating as if it were a sculpture in space." Recorded at New York's Power Station in 2022 and 2024, Cellular Songs is Meredith Monk's thirteenth album for ECM New Series.

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