Eagerly awaited new 65-minute work by Monk following mercy, released in 2002 Originally an evening-long interdisciplinary/multimedia composition (premiered in July 2004), Impermanence is a non-narrative musical meditation on the themes of death, loss and the fragility of human life, "done with Monk's inimitable brand of voluptuous sparseness" (San Francisco Chronicle) The pioneer of extended vocal techniques can be heard here in a suite of beautiful multi-part settings, both poignant and joyful, in which gentle melodies and Monk's celebrated vocal techniques are combined with a new range of instrumental sounds Monk is an artist whose music has inspired musicians such as Bjørk, DJ Spooky, Laurie Anderson, Kate Bush and many others and regularly attracts listeners from the worlds of pop, minimal music, avant-garde, modern jazz and beyond and her prominent role in the interdisciplinary art scene makes every new release a particular event among art-, dance-, cinema-, and music lovers of all kinds