Artist: Dover Quartet

Title: Mackey: Memoir

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Format: CD

Release Date: 2024

Label: Bridge

UPC: 090404960123

Genre: Classical Artists

Album Tracks

1. Memoir, for Narrator, String Quartet & Percussion-Act I: Introductions
2. Memoir, for Narrator, String Quartet & Percussion-Act I: Aunts
3. Memoir, for Narrator, String Quartet & Percussion-Act I: Cars
4. Memoir, for Narrator, String Quartet & Percussion-Act I: More Machines
5. Memoir, for Narrator, String Quartet & Percussion-Act II: Jerry Versus Jim
6. Memoir, for Narrator, String Quartet & Percussion-Act II: Jitterbug
7. Memoir, for Narrator, String Quartet & Percussion-Act II: Hard Ten
8. Memoir, for Narrator, String Quartet & Percussion-Act II: Only Make Believe
9. Memoir, for Narrator, String Quartet & Percussion-Act II: Medley
10. Memoir, for Narrator, String Quartet & Percussion-Act II: Back in the USA
11. Memoir, for Narrator, String Quartet & Percussion-Act II: Night and Day (M.520)
12. Memoir, for Narrator, String Quartet & Percussion-Act III: Hair
13. Memoir, for Narrator, String Quartet & Percussion-Act III: Drinking Problem
14. Memoir, for Narrator, String Quartet & Percussion-Act III: Tacos
15. Memoir, for Narrator, String Quartet & Percussion-Act III: Rock Bottom
16. Memoir, for Narrator, String Quartet & Percussion-Act III: Conclusion and Epilogue

Composer Steve Mackey's Memoir is a 75-minute work for narrator, string quartet and percussion duo based on the unpublished memoir written by his mother - Elaine Mackey. Ms. Mackey bore witness to the tumultuous 20th Century - The Great Depression, WWII, while battling social anxiety, divorce, and alcoholism. She writes with disarming candor about her experiences, which are brought to life in son Steve's propulsive, yet tender, heartfelt score. Director Mark DeChiazza writes that "The text of Elaine's memoir, provide Mackey his point of entry - a portal through which he conducts a musical conversation with his mother, and his engagement with the document she left him." The recording features stunning performances by narrator Natalie Christa Rakes, who is joined by two of today's leading ensembles, the Dover Quartet and Arx Duo.