Once again we bring you a stunning program of new compositions from within your community—vocal, instrumental and even operatic works, nearly all premiere performances:
- Ann Callaway: Elizabethan Lyrics
Gallant Invention
Lacking my love
They flee from me
Richard Mix, bass, Ann Callaway, piano - Allen Shearer: Thinking Thoughts
Nadya Tichman, violin, Keisuke Nakagoshi, piano
Peter Josheff: Images from the Past
1 Mating calls
2 A gray ocean
3 Restless
4 Gadding about
5 Walking downhill
6 Bell roars
Warped Oracle: Images from the Past II
1 Clay feet
2 Crowed about rogue
3 Thug blocks pores
4 A woman’s elbow
5 Crawling now
6 Plum tree
Words & music by Peter Josheff, Peter Josheff, spoken voice, Keisuke Nakagoshi, piano
INTERMISSION
Ann Callaway: Cydonian Spring: five poems of Ezra Pound
1 In Springtime the Kydonian Quinces
2 Heather
3 Gentildonna
4 The Jewel Stairs’ Grievance
5 Doria (a Dorian Girl)
Amy Foote, soprano, Richard Mix, bass
Mary Watkins: Persuasion
Thalia Moore, cello, Karen Rosenak, piano
Allen Shearer: excerpts from Jackie at Vassar, libretto by Claudia Stevens
Amy Foote, soprano, Allen Shearer, baritone, Claudia Stevens, mezzo soprano, Karen Rosenak, piano