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Hunger: The Journey of Tamsen Donner (PS1103)

by Tom Baker

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1.
My Beginning Stirs Again 03:46
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2.
Walking Music One 01:22
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3.
Prairie - The Wagons 02:47
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4.
Prairie - The Call for Reapers 03:25
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5.
Prairie - The Land Flattens 03:09
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6.
Prairie - We Change 01:04
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Prairie - An End or a Beginning 03:32
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8.
Prairie - Walking Music Two 03:19
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9.
Desert - It is Well with my Soul 02:00
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10.
Desert - Brown Gray Hills 03:31
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11.
Desert - A White Blindness 04:20
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12.
Desert - Traveling Blind 03:28
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13.
Desert - Last Mountains 03:36
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14.
Desert - Walking Music Three 02:18
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15.
Mountain - Straining Downhill 02:24
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16.
Mountain - Stopped 01:56
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17.
Mountain - The Wound 04:31
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18.
Mountain - Must We Devour Ourselves 03:19
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19.
Mountain - Empty Nest 02:33
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20.
Mountain - How Can I Part 03:37
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21.
Mountain - Hunger 04:58
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22.
Mountain - They Will Sing My Words 03:13
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A haunting chamber opera detailing the last days of the Donner Party by composer Tom Baker with Soprano Maria Mannisto and the Seattle EXperimental Opera.

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released January 1, 2011

PS1103

Maria Mannisto, soprano; Jesse Canterbury, clarinet; Brian Cobb, bass, Greg Campbell, drums; Tom Baker, guitar

Recorded and mixed by Doug Hair for Jack Straw Productions, Seattle WA
Edited by Tom Baker at H7 Studios, Seattle WA
Mastered by Barry Corliss, Masterworks CD
CD design by Wing Fong

Text from “Tamsen Donner: A Woman’s Journey” copyright 1977 by Ruth Whitman. Reprinted with the permission of Alice James Books.

Many thanks to my father for first telling me the talk of the Donner Party, with the lesson being: do not tarry and take no cut-offs.

Artist website: tombakermusic.com

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