At the PM concert, Kihlstedt will sing and play violin, accompanied by a 12-piece ensemble of strings, woodwinds, piano, brass and a large battery of percussion. Her often scintillating, melodic music is drawn just beyond the lines in colors hard to find in any Crayola box. “We'll be performing it with the original 26 Gorey images and captions projected above us and will be recording the piece afterwards for commercial release,” Segnitz continues.Īn engaging performer, Kihlstedt is-much like Present Music-an experimenter who is both accessible and enjoyable. “26 Little Deaths” was one of five commissions composed for PM’s 40th anniversary season. “Carla is the big fan, she lives about 10 miles from the Gorey House on Cape Cod and was already working on a solo version of this project when we contacted her,” he says.
Segnitz’s familiarity with Gorey was limited to the animated illustrations from his work that introduce PBS’s “Mystery” series. We wanted to bring passion projects to life with each of our commissions, and that’s what Carla has made for us.” Segnitz’s partner-in-programming, Co-Artistic Director David Bloom, adds, “As we’ve done for each of our commissions this season, we went to Carla and asked her what she most wanted to create and how we could support that. I particularly love the album Tin Hat did of e.e. “She’s had some pretty big bands in the past (Tin Hat Trio, Sleepytime Gorilla Museum) that cover a lot of ground stylistically. “She’s a one-of-a-kind talent, singing/playing and writing” says PM’s Co-Artistic Director Eric Segnitz. An illustrated poem depicting an alphabetical array of childhood perils, the mordant humor of “The Gashlycrumb Tinies” is laced with pathos (“ … Z is for Zillah who drank too much gin”).Ĭarla Kihlstedt’s song cycle inspired by “Gashlycrumb,” “26 Little Deaths,” receives its world premiere this month from Milwaukee’s Present Music. The 20th century American writer-artist cultivated an eccentric oeuvre of gaslit Edwardian manners and mores.
The version of "I Love You's" first instrumental verse would later be used in Sing & Dance with Barney.The versions of "Little Bo Peep" and "Little Boy Blue" would later be used in It's Time for Counting.The version of "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" would later be used In Sing & Dance with Barney.Despite appearing in the pages of lyric book in this album version, BJ doesn't speak nor sing any of the songs.This is the first album that David Bernard Wolf produces.Sheep Medley: Little Bo Peep/Little Boy Blue.Mother Goose Nursery Rhyme Medley: Rock-A-Bye Baby / Hey Diddle Diddle / Wee Willie Winkie / Diddle, Diddle, Dumpling / Rock-a-Bye Baby (Reprise).Star Medley: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star/Star Light, Star Bright.It has sold over 500,000 units, currently making it certified gold, thus making it Barney's third album to hit that certification, following the two proceeding albums.
The same year of the album's release, it commercially went on to peak at number four on Billboard's Top Kid's Albums on November 25, 1995. The album sticks with the theme of bedtime and contains songs about getting ready for bed, lullabies, the night time, sleep and dreams. Barney's Sleepytime Songs is the third album by Barney that was released on September 26, 1995, by EMI Records.
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