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Sunday
Feb262012

The Minks

2002, revised in 2004, 2007 and 2008 | (Upcoming) soprano/piano

Poem by Toi Derricotte

Originally song 1 of Captivity for soprano and trumpet, but removed from the cycle. It will be reworked with piano and published at a later date.

Thursday
Feb142019

The Morning was Blue

2017, Revised 2018 | soprano/soprano saxophone/piano

Song 3 of the song cycle The Ocean of Eternity. Text from Anne Ranasinghe's poem Four Stanzas on Mortality.

Commissioned by Yungee Rhie, Michael Couper and ChoEun Lee.

Premiered February 8, 2019, The National Opera Center, NY, NY

Video of premiere available here, starting at 54:54 in.

Thursday
Dec292016

The Most Ignorant

2016 SATB Vocal Quartet (a cappella)

Text from a speech by Susan B. Anthony

Song 6 of cycle Are Women People?

Commissioned by The Hanson Institute for American Music at the Eastman School of Music and the Susan B. Anthony Center for Women's Leadership. 

Thursday
Mar012012

The Mystery

1998 | baritone/piano or mezzo-soprano/piano

Poem by Sara Teasdale

Song 4 of Mystery

Errata

Some newer editions may already have these corrections.

[None at this time]

Tuesday
Feb282012

The Night Has a Thousand Eyes

1995 | soprano/piano

Poem by Francis W. Bourdillon

Song 3 of cycle Days and Nights

To purchase Phyllis Bryn-Julson and Seth Knopp performing this song, please click here

To purchase Sonya Baker and Vicki Berneking performing this song, please click here

Errata

Some newer editions may already have these corrections.

  • In very old editions, the second quarter of m. 49 may be an E flat. It has been changed so that the F goes up a step to a G. My thanks to mezzo-soprano Patricia Green for this suggestion.
Thursday
Dec292016

The Nineteenth Amendment

2016 SATB Vocal Quartet/Piano 4-Hands

Text from The United States Constitution

Song 8 of cycle Are Women People?

Commissioned by The Hanson Institute for American Music at the Eastman School of Music and the Susan B. Anthony Center for Women's Leadership. 

Thursday
Feb142019

The Ocean of Eternity

Song cycle: The Ocean of Eternity; Futureless; The Morning was Blue; Wild Flowers

2017, Revised 2018 | soprano/soprano saxophone/piano

From Anne Ranasinghe's poem Four Stanzas on Mortality

Approximately 13.5 minutes. Premiere available here, starting at 54:54 in.

Commissioned by Yungee Rhie, Michael Couper and ChoEun Lee.

Premiered February 8, 2019, The National Opera Center, NY, NY

To watch the premiere, click here, and go to 54:51.

Thursday
Feb142019

The Ocean of Eternity

2017, Revised 2018 | soprano/soprano saxophone/piano

Song 1 of the song cycle The Ocean of Eternity. Text from Anne Ranasinghe's poem Four Stanzas on Mortality.

Commissioned by Yungee Rhie, Michael Couper and ChoEun Lee.

Premiered February 8, 2019, The National Opera Center, NY, NY

Video of premiere available here, starting at 54:54 in.

To purchase the sheet music, please click here

Sunday
Jun302019

The Ocean of Eternity - Four Stanzas on Mortality

2017 soprano/soprano saxophone/piano

Poems by Anne Ranasinghe (1925-2016). Poem used by permission of Anne's daughter, Shanti Conly.

Premiere: February 9, 2019 with soprano Yungee Rhie, saxophonist Michael Couper and pianist ChoEun Lee.

Commissioned by Michael Couper, ChoEun Lee and Yungee Rhie.

Premiere: February 9, 2019 at Scorca Hall at the National Opera Center, New York, New York.

Video of the premiere is available by clicking herePDFs available for sale by clicking here

 

This work became the centerpiece of my CD The Ocean of Eternity, released April 26, 2022, on Acis. 

 

ERRATA:

 

Song 3, m. 2 voice: 2nd note should be an A flat, NOT an A natural.

Thursday
Mar012012

The Old House

1996, rev. 2018 | soprano/alto saxophone; soprano/clarinet or soprano/bassoon

Poem by Franta Bass, a child killed in the Holocaust.

In 2018, I bought back my copyright for this work, and came out with a new edition.

To purchase the PDF of I Never Saw Another Butterfly for soprano with saxophone, please click here.

To purchase the PDF of I Never Saw Another Butterfly for soprano with clarinet, please click here.

To purchase the PDF of I Never Saw Another Butterfly for soprano with bassoon, please click here.

Hard copies are available for purchase at www.classicalvocalrep.com.

For soprano with saxophone, click here.

For soprano with clarinet, click here.

For soprano with bassoon, click here

For recording licenses, please email me at lori@artsongs.com.

Errata

Some newer editions may already have these corrections.

  • think of the opening as ghostly. The sax should almost sound like a distant fog horn.
  • the beginning and end notes of m. 32 should be concert F natural.