Nominated for Singer of the Year 2021
Music and text by Scott Ordway. World premiere recording.
1. The Fox in the Snow
2. The Clean, Cold Air and the Great Blue Sky
3. The Mystery of Home
4. Memory Play No. 1
5. The Owl, Asleep in His Tree
6. The Grove of Quaking Aspens
7. The Mystery of Love
8. Memory Play No. 2
9. The Rabbit, Warm in Her Burrow
11. Memory Play No. 3
Total time: 37:25
Scott Ordway | Julia Dawson | Cover Art | Press Release | Schmopera
“Though distinctly modern in all respects, 'Girl In The Snow' possesses a timeless patina... Scott Ordway has found a kindred spirit in Augustine and extends the philosopher’s reach to tell the story of a woman…
His composition, written for solo piano accompanying mezzo-soprano voice, is resonant, often propulsive and grippingly abstract...”
John Hohmann, Schmopera
“…the words and melodies serve as a contemplative and restorative balm, a quality particularly welcome in these discordant times… In the course of 11 songs, at just under 40 minutes total, a grand and beautiful story is told. The singing of mezzo-soprano Julia Dawson is, in a word, luminous.”
Peter Burwasser, Broad Street Review
“Sensitively performed, attractively presented and unexpectedly profound... Musically and spiritually speaking, it casts a spell that endures for some time. The Acis engineers have effected a perfect recorded balance.”
Richard Hanlon, Musicweb International
“Poignant, humanistic, and thought-provoking, Girl in the Snow is an accomplishment of high order... A rather Narnia-like wonder infuses the nature-based sections in a way that intensifies the work's already magical aura…The rendering of Ordway's lyrical, resonant score by Naretto and Dawson is exquisite in the extreme.”
Ron Schepper, textura.org
Julia Dawson’s mezzo-soprano voice is hauntingly beautiful…Ordway’s originality shines through every aspect of this music.”
Margaret Darby, Phindie
“…an intimate, philosophical journey… music that is rich in sounds and colours… solemn and ethereal”
Sophie Bisson, theWholeNote
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