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"The Little Match Girl Passion" by David Lang, performed by Theatre of Voices

World premiere of "Death Speaks" by David Lang

• Owen Pallett – vocals and violin
• Bryce Dessner – vocals and guitar
• Shara Worden – vocals and guitar
• Nico Muhly – keyboards

Review: San Jose Mercury News.

"The Little Match Girl Passion" by David Lang, performed by Theatre of Voices

"Death Speaks" by David Lang

• Owen Pallett – vocals and violin
• Bryce Dessner – vocals and guitar
• Shara Worden – vocals and guitar
• Nico Muhly – keyboards

This was part of the Making Music series.

Review: The New York Times.

• This Lamb Sells Condos
• Odessa
• Midnight Directives
• Tryst with Mephistopheles
• Soldier's Rock
• The Sky Behind the Flag
• A Man with No Ankles
• This Is the Dream of Win & Regine
• Infernal Fantasy
• Lewis Takes Off His Shirt
• The Great Elsewhere

Review: Grayowl Point.

• Missy Mazzoli: Violent, Violent Sea
• Owen Pallett: Violin Concerto (Pekka Kuusisto, violin)
• Nico Muhly: New Cello Concerto
• Interval
• An 802 Moment (Nico Muhly with Owen Pallett, Sam Amidon, Doveman, and guests)

Britten Sinfonia
André de Ridder, conductor

• John Darnielle
• Tribe of the Horned Heart
• Bride
• In the Shadow of the Western Hills
• Slow West Vultures
• Hail St. Sebastian
• Your Belgian Things
• Wild Sage
• 1 John 4:16
• Enoch 18:14
• 
  John Darnielle with Anonymous 4 (guitar, piano, and voices arranged by Owen Pallett)
• Until I Am Whole
• Night Light
• Spent Gladiator II
• In Memory of Satan
• White Cedar
• Lakeside View Apartments Suite
• Counterfeit Florida Plates
• 
  Encore
• Cut Off Their Thumbs

The arranged songs were new Mountain Goats songs later released on the album Transcendental Youth.

Recording: NPR.

• John Darnielle
• Transcendental Youth
• Tribe of the Horned Heart
• Bride
• In the Shadow of the Western Hills
• Slow West Vultures
• Isaiah 45:23
• Your Belgian Things
• Cut Off Their Thumbs
• Genesis 3:23
• Ezekiel 7 and the Permanent Efficacy of Grace
• 
  John Darnielle with Anonymous 4 and Owen Pallett (guitar, piano, and voices arranged by Owen Pallett)
• Until I Am Whole
• Night Light
• Spent Gladiator II
• In Memory of Satan
• White Cedar
• Lakeside View Apartments Suite
• Counterfeit Florida Plates
• 
  Encore
• Enoch 18:14 (John Darnielle)
• 1 John 4:16 (John Darnielle with Owen Pallett on violin)
• Parting Friends (John Darnielle, Anonymous 4, and Owen Pallett)

The arranged songs were new Mountain Goats songs later released on the album Transcendental Youth. Owen filled in for Susan Hellauer, a member of the a cappella quartet Anonymous 4, due to family illness.

Reviews: Consequence of Sound, I Care if You Listen.

Bootleg: On dimeadozen, there is a torrent for a 472 MB recording that also includes Anonymous 4's set. Notes by the taper Haunted Organ:

Source: Olympus LS-5 (built-in mics, 16/44.1 WAVE) > Cool Edit 2000 (normalization, file split) > FLAC Frontend (FLAC level 6)

Location: Balcony, front row, left side

Sorry about variating audio levels. The actual music was recorded at a pretty good level, whilst the clapping was almost always too loud. Also, some of the stage banter was spoken off mics, so it is very quiet. I tried to do some normalizing, but I wasn't happy with the results so in the end I just left it as it was recorded. If somebody wants to go ahead and try to enhance the recording, be my guest.

• This Is the Dream of Win & Regine
• Infernal Fantasy
• In Conflict
• Tryst with Mephistopheles
• Encore
• The Great Elsewhere

In Jim Guthrie's set, Owen joined the band for the song "All Gone".

There's an audio recording of "Tryst with Mephistopheles" at Mechanical Forest Sound.

• Took You Two Years to Win My Heart
• Lewis Takes Action
• This Is the Dream of Win & Regine
• E Is for Estranged
• Scandal at the Parkade
• The Arctic Circle (with Lee-Quartett)
• He Poos Clouds (with Lee-Quartett)
• This Lamb Sells Condos (with Lee-Quartett, vocals by Ólöf Arnalds)
• I'm Afraid of Japan (with Lee-Quartett)
• Song Song Song (with Lee-Quartett)
• Many Lives → 49 MP (with Lee-Quartett)
• The Pooka Sings (with Lee-Quartett, vocals with Ólöf Arnalds)
• Encore
• The CN Tower Belongs to the Dead (with Lee-Quartett)
• Peach, Plum, Pear

Video: "This Lamb Sells Condos".
Photos: Schumannfest.
Reviews: ponderess (English), WhiteTapes (German), Konzerttagebuch (German).

Owen also played piano and violin for Ólöf Arnalds and Hauschka during their sets respectively.

Review: All About Jazz.

• Scandal at the Parkade
• In Conflict
• Midnight Directives
• Soldier's Rock
• Tryst with Mephistopheles
• Infernal Fantasy
• The Riverbed
• This Is the Dream of Win & Regine
• Lewis Takes Off His Shirt
• The Great Elsewhere
• Encore
• E Is for Estranged
• A Man with No Ankles

• Passion Play (Joni Mitchell cover)
• The Pooka Sings
• E Is for Estranged
• New song
• Shipbuilding (Elvis Costello cover)

Videos: "Passion Play", "Shipbuilding".

Review and photos: Concert Log.

The Guardian has a short interview with rehearsal clips. Watch from 0:40 to 1:40.

• Midnight Directives
• Song Song Song
• Keep the Dog Quiet
• Mount Alpentine
• Lewis Takes Action
• The Great Elsewhere
• Tryst with Mephistopheles
• This Is the Dream of Win & Regine
• E Is for Estranged
• Many Lives → 49 MP
• Soldier's Rock
• Song for Five and Six
• Infernal Fantasy
• The Sky Behind the Flag
• Lewis Takes Off His Shirt

Review and photos: Konzerttagebuch.