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Lost in Twilight
Brian King's debut solo album offers a musical collection that is at its core an expression of wavering dualities: past vs. present, childhood vs. adulthood, faith vs. doubt. Each piece wrestles with these dualities, reflecting on how it feels to be lost between them. The program features an eclectic mix of bold arrangements, intimate compositions, and innovative interpretations of standard repertoire. Some highlights of the album include Toru Takemitsu's haunting composition All in Twilight paired with T.S. Eliot's poem The Hollow Men, the virtuosic, jazz-infused arrangement of "Someday My Prince Will Come," and the prayerful epilogue "You Are My Sunshine."
Solo Performances
"People" (from Funny Girl)
04:34
Giuliani: Six Variations on an Austrian Folk Song, Op. 49
10:09
One Summer's Day (From Spirited Away) - on Classical Guitar
04:54
Someday My Prince Will Come
05:36
Okapi Duo
Okapi Duo play Circulo Magico by Sergio Assad
06:54
Okapi Duo and Gawain Usher play Blue Solitude by Sergio Assad
03:41
Okapi Duo & William Kass play D'un Aire d'una Mujer.
04:34
The Okapi Duo at Kellie Castle Scotland
04:30
Saqiya
Brian King and Mohit Dubey, who form The Raging Ragazzos, met at Oberlin Conservatory in 2014. During their classical guitar studies they often performed together and became close friends. Saqiya, named after a poem on friendship by the Persian Sufi Jalaluddin Rumi, is a testament to the camaraderie, intimacy, and tenderness of their fellowship. The album features King’s bold arrangement of a Tchaikovsky string quartet as well as Dubey’s delicate arrangement of three preludes by Alexander Scriabin. Also featured on the album is the world premiere of “Revealed in Moonlight,” written for the duo by their friend and renowned composer William Bolles-Beaven. “Saqiya” translates from Persian to “Waterwheel;” one verse of the poem translates thus:
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The waterwheel accepts water
and turns and gives it away,
weeping.
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