in a dark blue night, by Alex Weiser

in a dark blue night

by Alex Weiser

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1.	Evening 03:40
2.	Broadway 04:33
3.	Like the Stars in Heaven 02:00
4.	Golden Honey 03:55
5.	Night Reflex 04:20
6.	Coney Island 02:18	lyrics	buy track
I was very young. We used to go to the beach ourselves. We ran in the water. We came out. We were there all day. There was no limit. We were there without an adult. The adult was Morty, and he didn't pay any attention. I'd go out with Bea. We went to Nathan's. They used to give us 15 cents or a dime to go on the boardwalk and get something — custard and a ride. I used to go with Marlene, nine times out of ten she dropped hers on the boardwalk, so I had to share my 15 cents with her. I had good times. All my family was loving to me.
7.	Pennies 03:33
8.	Knish Store 02:02
9.	Russian Bath 03:09
10.	Mother 02:49
11.	Aunt Fanny 02:29
12.	Ellis Island 03:15

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Alex Weiser's latest recording, the follow-up to his Pulitzer Prize-nominated 'and all the days were purple,' is a love letter to New York City. Featuring acclaimed singer Annie Rosen with a seven-piece chamber ensemble, the album comprises two song cycles that explore the city from complementary perspectives. The first cycle, in a dark blue night, features five settings of Yiddish poetry written by newly arrived immigrants in the late 1800s and early 1900s. These poems reflect on the city at night — glowing, quiet, majestic.

It's followed by Coney Island Days, told through the recorded memories of Weiser's late grandmother. It features vivid, buoyant adventures about childhood in the bustling immigrant world of Coney Island in the 1930s and 40s — days at the beach, at the family's knish store, at the Russian baths and much more. "My grandmother grew up in Brooklyn spending summers in Coney Island, living with her family in a single room behind their knish store," Weiser says. "Hers was a multilingual world where she was taught English at school, but where her Yiddish-speaking parents could barely understand the language of their new land."

Together the two cycles celebrate the marvel and multiplicity of New York City, through a look at a little-explored chapter of its history.

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released March 29, 2024

Annie Rosen - mezzo-soprano
Lee Dionne - piano
Yasmina Spiegelberg - clarinet
Brigid Coleridge - violin
Lun Li - violin
Jordan Bak - viola
Julia Yang - cello
Sam Suggs - double bass

Produced by Alex Weiser
Recorded by Nick Lloyd at the Power Station, NYC

Alex Weiser's music is published by Alex Weiser Music (ASCAP)

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Alex Weiser New York, New York

Broad gestures, rich textures, and narrative sweep are hallmarks of the music of composer Alex Weiser. Born and raised in New York City, Weiser creates acutely cosmopolitan music combining a deeply felt historical perspective with a vibrant forward-looking creativity. Weiser has been praised for writing “insightful” music “of great poetic depth” (Feast of Music). ... more

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