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26 Little Deaths - the new album from composer, singer and violinist Carla Kihlstedt and the contemporary ensemble Present Music - celebrates the macabre wit of iconic writer and illustrator Edward Gorey (1925-2000), whose 100th birthday fell on February 22, 2025. The album is an hour-long set of 26 miniatures for singing violinist and chamber orchestra, inspired by Gorey's macabre children's book, The Gashlycrumb Tinies. Following in the footsteps of Hanns Eisler and Kurt Weill, who moved seamlessly between art song, pop song and cabaret, Kihlstedt has created a work that captures the pathos, humor and wit of Gorey's indelible images. Album Tracks 1. 26 Little Deaths~A - Girl Descending a Staircase 2. 26 Little Deaths~B - Childhood Friends 3. 26 Little Deaths~C - Wasted 4. 26 Little Deaths~D - One-Horse Open Sleigh 5. 26 Little Deaths~E - Death by Peach 6. 26 Little Deaths~F - Sucker 7. 26 Little Deaths~G - Hide ‘n Seek 8. 26 Little Deaths~H - Waiting 9. 26 Little Deaths~I - Ida and the Undines 10. 26 Little Deaths~J - Cabinet of Curiosity 11. 26 Little Deaths~K - New Moon 12. 26 Little Deaths~L - Pica 13. 26 Little Deaths~M - Frisson 14. 26 Little Deaths~N - Ennui 15. 26 Little Deaths~O - Awl and Nothing 16. 26 Little Deaths~P - Knock, Knock! 17. 26 Little Deaths~Q - Quagmire 18. 26 Little Deaths~R - In Flagrante 19. 26 Little Deaths~S - Stupid Fort 20. 26 Little Deaths~T - Wooden Boxes 21. 26 Little Deaths~U - I Don’t Mean Gurgle 22. 26 Little Deaths~V - Train of Thought 23. 26 Little Deaths~W - Ice Cathedral 24. 26 Little Deaths~X - Gnaw 25. 26 Little Deaths~Y - The Problem of the Tower and the Clouds 26. 26 Little Deaths~Z - Love Song for Dolly
