Catalog
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.
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.
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]
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 here. PDFs 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.
The Old House
1996, rev. 2018 | soprano/alto saxophone; soprano/clarinet or soprano/bassoon
Poem by Franta Bass, a child killed in the Holocaust.
- Song 6 of I Never Saw Another Butterfly
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.