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Michael Stephen Brown: Twelve Blocks

Michael Stephen Brown, Susanna Phillips, Paul Neubauer (violin), Anne-Marie McDermott (piano), Erin Keefe, Jerome Lowenthal (narrator), Ursula Oppens (narrator), Osmo Vänskä

Michael Stephen Brown: Twelve Blocks

Michael Stephen Brown: Twelve Blocks

Michael Stephen Brown, Susanna Phillips, Paul Neubauer (violin), Anne-Marie McDermott (piano), Erin Keefe, Jerome Lowenthal (narrator), Ursula Oppens (narrator), Osmo Vänskä

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Michael Stephen Brown’s debut album as a composer of all-original works, has it all: tributes, emotional detours, and even a breakup etude he probably should’ve kept under lock and key. You’ll find lost loves, lifelong mentors, children who never grew up, an arrogant violist – because what’s an album without one? – and a legendary pianist couple who walk twelve blocks daily reciting poetry to each other. Performers include Jerome Lowenthal, Ursula Oppens, Anne-Marie McDermott, Osmo Vänskä, Erin Keefe, Susanna Phillips, Paul Neubauer, and Brown himself.

  • Release date: 13th Feb 2026
  • Label: First Hand
  • Catalogue number: FHR185
  • Length: 69 minutes

Contents and tracklist

Michael Stephen Brown: 4 Lakes for Children
Work length9:46
  • Michael Stephen Brown
No. 1, Lake Alan
Track length1:31
No. 2, Lake Spencer
Track length1:59
No. 3, Lake Christina
Track length3:25
No. 4, Lake Katrina
Track length2:51
Michael Stephen Brown: Pas de trois
Work length13:10
No. 1, Piano
Track length4:52
No. 2, The Violist
Track length5:06
No. 3, Soprano
Track length3:12
Michael Stephen Brown: Relationship
Work length10:41
I. The Meeting
Track length2:39
II. Connection
Track length1:26
III. The Argument(s)
Track length1:37
IV. Ballad
Track length2:55
V. Finale. Hora
Track length2:04
Michael Stephen Brown: Twelve Blocks
Work length9:37
  • Jerome Lowenthal (narrator), Ursula Oppens (narrator)
Michael Stephen Brown: Love's Lives Lost
Work length17:24
  • Susanna Phillips, Michael Stephen Brown
No. 1, Introduction
Track length2:30
No. 2, Meetings
Track length0:51
No. 3, Parody of Chamisso
Track length1:45
No. 4, In-lookers
Track length2:04
No. 5, Onlookers
Track length1:42
No. 6, Chanson triste
Track length2:37
No. 7, Kalamazoo!
Track length1:27
No. 8, Finale. Split Mirror
Track length4:28
Michael Stephen Brown: Breakup Etude for the Right Hand Alone
Work length6:37
  • Michael Stephen Brown
Michael Stephen Brown: Pour Angeline
Work length2:19
  • Michael Stephen Brown

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