by Ben Hogwood

Released on Friday 17 November, the second album from soprano Katharine Dain and pianist Sam Armstrong for 7 Mountain Records looks set to be every bit as captivating as the first.

You will be reading a lot more about this album soon on Arcana, as Forget This Night delves into seldom visited areas of the song repertoire. The featured composers are Lili Boulanger, Karol Szymanowski and Grażyna Bacewicz – with special emphasis on Lili’s song cycle Clairières dans le cieland, completed in 1914.

Over the course of our interview you will discover how the composers are connected not just in the deeply passionate source material but in their lives too.

For now, here is a preview of the album – and a link to listen on Spotify below:

Published post no.2,015 – Monday 20 November 2023