The recording contrasts two major works for voices across four and a half centuries: Robert White's Lamentations a5, by a Tudor composer whose career was cut short by the bubonic plague, and Jonathan Woody's Lamentation, a commission by The New Consort that receives its world premiere recording, trading the prophet Jeremiah's ruined Jerusalem for the contemporary experience of queer life.
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ALBUM DROP: Friday, November 6, 2026
LAUNCH CONCERT: Thursday, November 5, 2026, 8 PM
Merkin Hall, Kaufman Music Center, New York, NY
Press Kit
Flung from the Garden
Lamentations of White and Woody
APL98391
UPC: 732262898391
Album time: 43:54
Album Release: November 6, 2026
TRACK LIST
JONATHAN WOODY Lamentation
world premiere recording
Text: Sappho, trans. Anita George · albert park · Richard Morgan · Emilia Effie · Nathan Walker · Jonathan Woody · Psalm 139 [Vulgate]
· and verbatim commentary drawn from social media
LAMED. “anti-children and anti-american”
Fragment 105(a)
GHIMEL. “Where are the mothers?”
Preference
BETH. “greedy, don’t know what they want”
As a Gay Man, I’ll Never Be Normal
TAPH. “What part do you not understand?“
The Revelation
QOPH. “She has no impact”
Carrying in the Mouth
IOD. “female when it comes to sports”
That Still, Small Voice
Domine, probasti me
ROBERT WHITE (c. 1538–1574) Lamentations a5
Text: Lamentations of Jeremiah 1:8–13
HETH.
Peccatum peccavit Jerusalem
TETH.
Sordes eius in pedibus eius
JOD.
Manum suam misit hostis
Jerusalem, Jerusalem
CAPH.
Omnis populus ejus gemens
LAMED.
O vos omnes
MEM.
De excelso misit ignem
Jerusalem, Jerusalem
Recorded Recorded at Saint Ann’s Episcopal Church, Old Lyme, Connecticut, 8–9 October, 2024 (White); 21–23 May, 2025 (Woody),
Recording engineer: Paul Vazquez
Mix and mastering engineers: Paul Vazquez, Alexander Brusencev
Producers: Brian Mummert, Timothy Parsons (White), Geoffrey Silver (Woody)
Cover art: Silk Sculpture with Lilies, 2025 © Pia Paulina Guilmoth
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