Impermanence (album)

Impermanence is the twelfth album by Meredith Monk, released on March 18, 2008 through ECM New Series.

Impermanence
Studio album by Meredith Monk
Released	March 18, 2008
Recorded	January 2007 at Avatar Studios, New York
Genre	Minimalism
Length	65:06
Label	ECM New Series
Producer	Manfred Eicher
Meredith Monk chronology
mercy (2002) Impermanence (2008) Beginnings (2009)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Last Song" (for voices and piano)	Meredith Monk	7:18
2.	"Maybe 1" (for 8 pianos)	Meredith Monk	2:03
3.	"Little Breath" (for 4 voices, bass clarinet and elephant bells)	Meredith Monk	1:44
4.	"Liminal" (for 4 voices and chamber ensemble)	Meredith Monk	10:59
5.	"Disequilibrium" (for 6 voices and bicycle wheel)	Meredith Monk	2:26
6.	"Particular Dance" (for 7 voices, double ocarina, anklung, Balinese flute, zaphoon, punji, piano and percussion)	Meredith Monk	5:01
7.	"Between Song" (for 3 voices, clarinet, bass clarinet, piano, bells and vibraphone)	Meredith Monk	6:10
8.	"Passage" (for 7 voices)	Meredith Monk	1:59
9.	"Maybe 2" (for 6 voices, bass clarinet and bass drum)	Meredith Monk	3:07
10.	"Skeleton Lines" (for voice and chamber ensemble)	Meredith Monk	4:19
11.	"Slow Dissolve" (for chorus, violin, bass clarinet and glockenspiel)	Meredith Monk	2:35
12.	"Totentanz" (for 2 voices and chamber ensemble)	Meredith Monk	3:59
13.	"Sweep 1" (for paddle drums)	Bohdan Hilash, John Hollenbeck, Allison Sniffin	1:28
14.	"Rocking" (for chorus, bass clarinet, marimba and vibraphone)	Meredith Monk	5:17
15.	"Sweep 2" (for voice, ocean drum, Chinese temple bells, magnets and percussion)	Bohdan Hilash, John Hollenbeck, Allison Sniffin	1:26
16.	"Mieke's Melody No. 5" (for chorus, piano and vibraphone)	Mieke van Hoek	5:15

Personnel

Musicians

• Theo Bleckmann – vocals
• Sasha Bogdanowitsch – vocals
• Ellen Fisher – piano, vocals
• Katie Geissinger – piano, vocals
• Ching Gonzalez – piano, vocals
• Bohdan Hilash – aulos, bamboo flute, bass clarinet, drums, double ocarina, piano, soprano saxophone, woodwind, zafoon
• John Hollenbeck – Angklung, glockenspiel, marimba, percussion, piano, vibraphone
• Silvie Jensen – vocals
• Meredith Monk – piano, vocals
• Allison Sniffin – piano, violin, vocals

Production

• Manfred Eicher – production
• Sascha Kleis – design
• James A. Farber – engineering
• John Sanchez – photography

References

1. Eddins, Stephen. "Meredith Monk: Impermanence". Allmusic. Retrieved July 4, 2013.