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wie ein Nebel​.​.​.

by Samn Johnson

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This short piece for 4 singers and electronics is a "chorale abstraction", taking bits of text and melody from one of my favorite Bach chorales "Ach wie flüchtig, ach wie nichtig" (oh how fleeting, oh how insignificant), and rearranging them in my own vocabulary.

My edited text is as follows:

Ach wie flüchtig
ist der Menschen Leben!
Wie ein Nebel bald entstehet,
so ist unser Leben.
Ach wie flüchtig!
Alles, alles was wir sehen
muss fallen und vergehen.

Oh how fleeting
is the human life!
Like a fog quickly forms,
so is our life.
Oh how fleeting!
Everything, everything that we see
must fall and pass by.

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released April 24, 2020

composed, mixed, and mastered by Samn Johnson

performed by:
Cassandra Venaglia - Soprano
Carmen Lustik - Alto
Dani Strigi - Tenor
Oscar Pan - Bass

recorded at NYU's Dolan Studio.
Art by Samn Johnson

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Samn Johnson Kalamazoo, Michigan

Samn Johnson is a composer and producer, working in an eclectic style integrating ethereal electronics with contemporary classical composition and historical languages and music. He currently lives in Kalamazoo, Michigan.

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