Tracks
01 – Opening
02 – To hold
03 – Ascendance I
04 – Ascendance II
05 – Ascendance III
06 – Resonance I
07 – Resonance II
08 – Resonance III
09 – Esplanade
10 – Heritage Garden
11 – Waterfall Garden
12 – Burijji
13 – Niwa
14 – Walled Garden
15 – Closing
16 – Reprise (Opening)
Length: 57:50
All compositions by Joel Styzens, except track 10 (Sophie Webber & Joel Styzens). Cello arrangements: tracks 1-10, 14, 15 (Webber/Styzens); track 13 (Katinka Kleijn/Styzens). String quartet arrangements: tracks 1, 4, 6-9, 14 (Jinty McTavish/Styzens); tracks 3 & 5 (McTavish/Styzens/Webber); tracks 12 & 13 (Styzens/Ari Fisher); track 15 (Webber/Styzens/Fisher).
Musicians
Joel Styzens: hammered dulcimer, acoustic guitar, additional piano and strings
Sophie Webber: cello
Rob Clearfield: piano
ATLYS string quartet
Jinty McTavish: violin
Sabrina Tabby: violin
Genevieve Tabby: cello
Rita Andrade: viola
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Resonance. This is “Niwa,” written by Joel Styzens with cello arrangement by Katinka Kleijn and Styzens and string quartet arrangement by Styzens and Ari Fisher. (If you don't see the audio player below, please update your browser. The file might take 30 seconds or more to load, depending on the speed of your internet connection and CPU.)
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