Your Name (2021)
Instrumentation: soprano and piano
Duration: 3'
Text: Joyce Sutphen
Premiere: Valeria Bibliowicz (mezzo-soprano) and Felipe Calle (piano) on August 4, 2021 (Virtual)
Your Name is featured on Tapestry of Voices, recorded by Bree Nichols (soprano) and Alexandr Starý (piano). Tapestry of Voices from Navona Records showcases the versatility and elegance of the human voice woven with grand orchestral statements, colorful choral arrangements, and intimate settings with piano.
Available on Spotify, YouTube, Apple Music, and Amazon Music
Bree Nichols (soprano) and Alexandr Starý (piano) recording Your Name in the studio with VP of Production Jan Košulič in the booth.
“Next, we listen to Your Name, by the American Ryan Homsey, performed by splendid artists such as soprano Bree Nichols and pianist Alexandr Starý... sensational album”
“A short song called Your Name by Ryan Homsey uses the poetry of Joyce Sutphen and transforms it into a magical world.”
“Ryan Homsey’s “Your Name” blends the poetic singing of Nichols alongside Starý’s soft and agile key progressions.”
Source Song Festival
Your Name was composed during the Source Song Festival, led by composers Libby Larsen and David Evan Thomas, setting the poetry of Minnesota Poet Laureate (2011-2021) Joyce Sutphen from her book Carrying Water to the Field: New and Selected Poems.
Joyce Sutphen and Ryan Homsey
Carrying Water to the Field: New and Selected Poems by Joyce Sutphen
8th Season of Source Song Festival composers, singers, and pianists.
Musical Score
