Last night, Abby Fischer and Momenta Quartet gave a beautiful, sensitive premiere of the first version of Stunning Sun. Momenta was as focused and perceptive as ever, and it's always deeply exciting to work with a singer who thinks and hears the way Abby does (and that's before we get to the lusciousness of her voice).
More broadly (and this is on my mind since this was a concert of new vocal music, with Abby and several other singers): it's also deeply exciting that we're finally starting to see a critical mass of smart adventurous fearless singers who actually love and even specialize in new music. Even a decade ago, it was rare to run into such creatures, but it's becoming much more common in my generation... the wired, polyglot, post-Internet (and post-Upshaw :)) generation of singers.
I've been extremely lucky already -- mostly thanks to my ongoing connection with American Opera Projects -- in getting to write for some of the best new music-focused singers in New York. Many thanks to AOP, to Michael Rose & the Brooklyn Conservatory, and to Abby & Momenta for a great night.
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