of Love.
GRAMMY Nominated
- Best Classical Instrumental Solo
A digital and personal requiem of sorts…
“of Love.” is a through-composed collection of works to cherish life, time and lifetimes…
Recorded in the childhood apartment inherited after his mother’s passing, Curtis’ original compositions for strings, electronics and voice weave between a single poem of prayer and songs Curtis’ visionary mother taught him - meditative recompositions of Alice Coltrane, Johannes Brahms, Duke Ellington, Greek Folk Song, Jazz standards, Karol Szymanowski, and Purcell.
These works flow directly from the impulses of holding and loss - a caregiver’s sonic grappling with grief, that entangles music and identity - in hopes to hold onto this love just a bit longer.
Dedicated to my mom, the brilliant violinist, composer and educator
Elektra Kurtis Stewart
3/16/55 - 9/7/2021
released on New Amsterdam Records - Purchase HERE
LINER NOTES / LYRICS
WQXR Propulsion Lab Podcast - “A Life Cycle of Grief”
featured performance of Love with ETHEL - Strad Magazine
featured in WNYC’s New Sounds with John Schaefer
Album Review in “THAT Canadian Mag”
Violinist.com - A Place for the Blues in Classical Music
Strad Magazine composer feature - “Grief never seems to go away”
WQXR’s Soundcheck
Musical America feature
Carnegie Hall: “Crossing Boundaries”
Strad magazine Concert Review
on Chevalier the movie “Don’t give them a reason”
LIVE
