Perhaps a Carnegie Hall archivist has recorded how often an evening-long work of brand-new chamber music, performed in the big auditorium, has prompted a standing ovation, but I would guess almost never.Vulture
ABOUT THE PROJECT
Emily — No Prisoner Be, a groundbreaking new album and touring production based on 24 poems of Emily Dickinson, is an electrifying artistic collaboration from multi-GRAMMY award winning singing icon, Joyce DiDonato and the genre-defying string trio of Nicolas Kendall, Ranaan Meyer and Charles Yang of Time for Three.
The album, composed by the Pulitzer Prize-winning Kevin Puts, redefines the classic song-cycle – setting some of the poet’s best-known poems alongside lesser-known gems to music that moves from deep, intimate solitude to electrifying virtuosity. Blending classical mastery with true rock energy, this theatrical cycle is taking “breathtaking” flight on stages around the world.
Emily — No Prisoner Be is an ode to the freedom of thought, to the power of poetry and to the ability of music to make words resonate anew. It was clear that this was not just a successful premiere, but a work that will remain.Andreas Marte | vol.at
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Emily – No Prisoner Be
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DiDonato does nothing in half-measures and over the cycle’s 26 tracks expresses herself with such powerful conviction that for a fleeting moment you know exactly what Dickinson meant when she wrote about “finite infinity”.The Times