ALBURNUM | APPLE MUSIC - OPERAWIRE

OperaWire

By Francisco Salazar

November 18, 2022

Bright Shiny Things releases Alburnum, an album of world premiere recordings featuring baritone Brian Mulligan and collaborative pianist, Timothy Long. The album’s repertoire includes the critically-acclaimed cycle, “Walden,” by Gregory Spears, which was composed for Mulligan, Missy Mazzoli’s “As Long As We Live,” and Mason Bates’s “Songs From the Plays.”

In a statement, Mulligan said, “I’ve wanted to create an album of world premiere recordings, my own contribution to the living, growing tree of music. After years of searching for the songs on this program, I knew these were the right ones for me. These are songs that I hope are going to be around for a good while, songs that will work their way into your heart, and into the heartwood of American Song.”