Poetry and Music: Tree House
The poetry of Ronna Bloom
and the music of jazz pianist Peter Dick
meet in their brand new CD: TREE HOUSE.
Peter Dick and I began to play together in May 2006. In our collaboration, I have been struck by how he hears and translates the poetry, so that what is reflected musically attunes to the nonverbal core of the poem. When he started to sing some of them as lyrics, I was astonished that could work. He took the poems through his own musical and felt landscape, one that resonated with mine and generated a ‘how did you hear that in there?’ amazement. There is surprise in letting go of the work and having it come back both changed and more itself. I notice, too, that when I read poetry while he plays, I read differently. Slower. More deeply. I don’t know why. Maybe it’s trusting someone to carry this trembling thing with me, gently or raucously, into the air in this new form. —rb
Available at:
Atelier Grigorian
70 Yorkville Ave, Toronto (416) 922-6477
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HMV
Toronto Superstore (and others)
333 Yonge Street, Toronto (416) 596-0333
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And through Amazon.ca
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For more on Peter Dick, visit peterdick.com
