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WATERSHED by Ailís Ní Ríain, Jessica Brown, Yonit Kosovske, Julie Comparini

WATERSHED features a new song cycle composed by Ailís Ní Ríain and is performed by contralto Julie Comparini and pianist Yonit Kosovske. The cycle contains five songs on poetry from Jessica Brown’s book 'And Say' in a profound exploration of the human relationship with land and water, with a special focus on areas in the west of Ireland. The album also includes poetry readings interwoven with soundscapes along and near Lough Derg in counties Clare and Tipperary.

Tracklist
1.Róisín Berg - Clarisford Park l1:23
2.Jessica Brown - Three Looks1:08
3.Jessica Brown - Wing and Stone0:43
4.Jessica Brown - My Anger:1:29
5.Jessica Brown - Swerve0:47
6.Leo Wolstenholme - Mountshannon1:10
7.Jessica Brown - Ratio1:19
8.Jessica Brown - Evensong in Winter1:06
9.Jessica Brown - Along the Canal Bank1:11
10.Jessica Brown - Into Dark1:06
11.Ilani Smishkewych Kosovske - Ballinahinch l0:59
12.Yonit Kosovske, Julie Comparini - WATERSHED: Walk4:23
13.Yonit Kosovske, Julie Comparini - WATERSHED: Fanore in June5:56
14.Yonit Kosovske, Julie Comparini - WATERSHED: My Anger:4:18
15.Yonit Kosovske, Julie Comparini - WATERSHED: Below the Reservoir5:37
16.Yonit Kosovske, Julie Comparini - WATERSHED: Evensong in Winter5:06
17.Róisín Berg - Parteen Weir1:16
18.Jessica Brown - Glen of Aherlow0:52
19.Jessica Brown - Walk0:45
20.Jessica Brown - Streams, Springs, Brooks, etc.0:37
21.Jessica Brown - Comfort1:00
22.Róisín Berg - Clarisford Park ll1:08
23.Jessica Brown - Hold-Held1:52
24.Jessica Brown - Fanore in June1:35
25.Jessica Brown - Below the Reservoir0:41
26.Jessica Brown - Threshold1:22
27.Jessica Brown - And Say0:59
28.Wolodymyr Smishkewych - Ballinahinch ll1:02
Credits
released November 13, 2021

Recorded at Pine Valley Studio in Killaloe, Co. Clare, Ireland 2021

Joe Ó Dubhghaill, sound engineer & editor
Wolodymyr Smishkewych, producer

Ailís Ní Ríain, composer

Jessica Brown, poet

Julie Comparini, contralto

Yonit Kosovske, pianist


FIELD RECORDINGS:

Róisín Berg

Leo Wolstenholme

Wolodymyr Smishkewych

Ilani Smishkewych Kosovske


ARTWORK (front cover & disc):

deBrun

Moylussa, Aerial

oil on canvas, 150x120cm

instagram: @debrunart

PHOTOGRAPHY:

Wolodymyr Smishkewych & Yonit Kosovske

The Watershed song cycle was composed by Ailís Ní Ríain on five poems by Jessica Brown from her book And Say. The music was commissioned by Yonit Kosovske with funds from the Arts Council of Ireland in 2020.

Poems reprinted with permission by the author Jessica Brown from her book And Say (Revival Press 2019). © Jessica Brown
LicenseAll rights reserved.
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Yonit Kosovske performs on harpsichord, fortepiano, modern piano, and chamber organ. Equally passionate about repertoire from the Renaissance through New Music, she is Co-director of the Limerick Early Music Festival and of H.I.P.S.T.E.R. (Historically Informed Performance Series, Teaching, Education and Research), and WAVE~LINKS—a video series exploring music and artisanry.