The Quarantine Trilogy Constance Hauman, Ross Pederson, Julia Adamy

• 1 The Quarantine Trilogy: I. Panacea 08:18
• 2 The Quarantine Trilogy: II. Total Lockdown 05:01
• 3 The Quarantine Trilogy: III. Apollo 04:12
• 4 The Quarantine Trilogy: IV. Spirit 08:08
• Total Runtime 25:39

Info for The Quarantine Trilogy

The Quarantine Triology is a recording of instrumental works written and performed by Constance Hauman during the Covid-19 pandemic in New York. The recording includes four tracks, three of which were written in March 2020 prior to the lockdown. The recording marks Hauman’s first foray as a solo pianist and her first release of purely instrumental music. The recording features Hauman (piano), with contributions from the celebrated jazz virtuosi, Ross Pederson (percussion, synthesizers) and Julia Adamy (bass).

One of the most versatile performing artists on today’s contemporary music scene, Hauman’s rich imagination continually leads her to new realms of self-expression and artistic creation. In The Quarantine Trilogy she articulates her personal experience of the most disruptive, isolating, yet communally shared event of our time.

Following two highly acclaimed solo vocal albums, created with co-producer Ross Pederson, singer/songwriter Constance Hauman leaves the vocals behind on The Quarantine Trilogy and channels her voice into the piano. The tracks Panacea, Total Lockdown and Apollo are real-time improvisations between Hauman and Pederson. They were recorded at Isotopia Studios on the eve of New York City’s lockdown resulting from the Covid-19 pandemic. As social distancing regulations interrupted their recording sessions, they decided to leave the three tracks in their improvised states with the exception of Apollo for which Pederson and Julia Adamy remotely added drums and bass.

Spirit is an improvisation created by Hauman and Pederson on 13th January 2017, three days after Barak Obama’s Farewell Address. What began as an improvisation between strings and piano, became a moving tribute to President Obama’s legacy. Pederson asked Hauman if she wanted to add vocals or lyrics. Looking out the window at the full moon, Hauman said ‘There is only one voice I want to hear right now.’ They took phrases from Obama’s speech and added them to the track. Since Spirit‘s release on Soundcloud in 2017, the track has received over 85,000 streams internationally. Hauman comments on the inclusion of Spirit on this recording, ‘Given the uncanny and unsettling timing of this catastrophic pandemic and with the virulent and divisive political climate of this election year, it seemed fitting to add Spirit to The Quarantine Trilogy‘.

Constance Hauman, piano
Ross Pederson, percussion, synthesizers
Julia Adamy, bass

Constance Hauman
ist Sängerin, Pianistin, Schauspielerin und Produzentin. Ihre Karriere brachte sie an wichtige Opernhäuser, an Konzertsäle und ins Filmgeschäft. Auftritte führten sie u.a. an die New York City Opera, Los Angeles Opera, Washington National Opera, Canadian Opera, English National Opera, Opéra de Nice, ans Théâtre des Champs-Elysées, an die Opéra National de Paris und zum Hong Kong Festival. Sie arbeitete mit Klangkörpern wie den Berliner Philharmonikern, dem Chicago Symphony, dem San Francisco Symphony und dem London Symphony. Ihr Soloalbum Falling Into Now wurde vom Guardian zu den Top 10 der Pop-Alben 2015 gewählt. 2019 erschien ihr zweites Soloalbum High Tides. Als musikalische Leiterin, Keyboarderin und Produzentin der Band Miss Velvet and the Blue Wolf tourte sie durch die USA und durch Europa. Ihre Live-Aufnahme von Alban Bergs Lulu (Titelrolle) war ebenso erfolgreich wie ihre Alice/Renee in Olga Neuwirths and Elfriede Jelineks Bühnenadaption von David Lynchs Film Lost Highway. Als Cunegonde in Candide trat sie unter der Leitung von Leonard Bernstein auf – eine Partie, die sie 150mal gestaltete. Ihr Debüt am ROH Covent Garden absolvierte sie im Jahr 2000 in Harrison Birtwistles Gawain.

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