reach through the sky
reach through the sky is Lindsey Goodman’s debut album, featuring six commissioned works by American composers Erich Stem, Gilda Lyons, Grant Cooper, Jeffrey Nytch, Judith Shatin, and Rob Deemer. The CD showcases Goodman not only as one of the country’s premiere solo flutists but also as a vocalist, performing a wide range of stylistically diverse music. The album explores both traditional and experimental sound worlds, highlighting the expressive potential of the flute—an instrument that has captured human imagination for over 35,000 years. Released on April 17, 2016, the album reflects today’s vibrant, genre-blending music scene.
1. Road to Hana by Rob Deemer
Lindsey Goodman, flute, alto flute, and mezzo-soprano
New Year's by Erich Stem
2. I. A Watching Crane
3. II. On New Year’s Day
ASSEM3LY
Lindsey Goodman, alto flute and mezzo-soprano
Scott Christian, percussion, Anne Waltner, piano,
Other Voices... (Fantasy for Flute) by Grant Cooper
4. I. Other Voices
5. II. Furioso
Lindsey Goodman, flute,
Chrysalis by Gilda Lyons
6. I. Transformation into a pool of water
7. II. Becoming ice
8. III. Summoning fire
9. IV. Levitation
10. V. Transformation into an orb of light
Lindsey Goodman, flute and mezzo-soprano, Robert Frankenberry, piano and tenor
11. Covenant by Jeffrey Nytch
Lindsey Goodman, flute, alto flute, and mezzo-soprano
12. Penelope’s Song by Judith Shatin
Lindsey Goodman, flute and fixed media
“'On New Year’s Day' started with her beautiful solo on the alto flute braced by more animated, chilly music from percussion and piano. Stem showed he can write a limpid melody. His slightly tart, yet tonal harmonies were perfectly suited to a text that included the line 'Of a single frosty rose.'”
David Williams, Charleston Gazette-Mail, Charleston, WV
