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Aussöhnung (1984)
for medium or high Voice and Piano
Dedicated to Judith Bettina
First performance: Februray 24, 1987, Group for Contemporary Music, Merkin Concert Hall
Text by Goethe
Publisher: Schott Helicon Music Corporation (BMI)
Half a Year Together (1987)
for medium or high Voice and Piano
Dedicated to Judith Bettina
First performance: Februray 24, 1987, Group for Contemporary Music, Merkin Concert Hall
Text by Richard Howard
Publisher: Schott Helicon Music Corporation (BMI)
I Am In Need of Music (2004)
for medium or high Voice and Piano
Commissioned by the Marilyn Horne Foundation for the Foundation's 10th anniversary and Marilyn Horne's 70th birthday gala
First performance: Februray 1, 2004, Bejun Mehta, baritone, Lang Lang, piano, Carnegie Hall
Text by Elizabeth Bishop
Publisher: Schott Helicon Music Corporation (BMI)
Irrational Exuberance (2001)
for medium-high to high Voice and Piano
Part of the "Song Book for a New Century" commission by Meet the Composer and the New York Festival of Song
First performance: March 22, 2001, New York Festival of Song, Jennifer Aylmer/soprano, The Kaye Playhouse
Text by Gene Scheer
Duration 5:00
Publisher: Schott Helicon Music Corporation (BMI)
Not Even the Rain (1999)
for medium or high Voice and Piano
Dedicated to Judith Bettina
First performance: June 5, 1997, Judith Bettina, soprano, Christ Saint Stephens Church, NYC
Text by e.e. cummings
Publisher: Schott Helicon Music Corporation (BMI)
The Rain in the Trees (1993)
for Flute, medium or high Voice and Orchestra
Written for Carol Wincenc and Barbara Hendricks, and commissioned by the Chautauqua Institute
through the generosity of Kay Logan.
Dedicated to Stanley J. Love
First performance: January 16, 1981, New Hampshire Symphony, James Bolle/conductor, Tobias Picker/piano
Duration 30:00
2(I=picc,II=afl).2(II=corA).2(II=bcl).2-4.2.3.1-timp-strings
Publisher: Schott Helicon Music Corporation (BMI)
Remembering (1987)
for medium or high Voice and Piano
Dedicated to Judith Bettina
First performance: February 24, 1987, Group for Contemporary Music, Merkin Concert Hall, NYC
Text by Edna St. Vincent Millay
Publisher: Schott Helicon Music Corporation (BMI)
Symphony No. 2: Aussöhnung (1986)
for medium or high Voice and Orchestra
Commissioned for the Houston Symphony by Meet the Composer Residencies Program, with grants from
Exxon Corporation, the Rockefeller Foundation, and the National Endowment for the Arts
Dedicated to Sergiu Comissiona
First performance: October 25, 26, 27, 1986, Houston Symphony, Sergiu Comissiona/conductor, Judith Bettina/soprano
Duration 30:00
3(III=picc).3(III=corA).3(III=bcl).3(III-dbn)-4.3.3.1-harp-timp-perc:SD/BD/TT/cym/susp.cym/gong/glsp/mar-pft/cel-strings
Publisher: Schott Helicon Music Corporation (BMI)
Tres sonetos de amor (2000)
for medium or high Voice and Piano
Commissioned by Franklin & Marshall college for the opening of the Barshinger Center for the Musical Arts
First performance: November 11, 2000, Judith Bettina/soprano, James Goldsworthy/piano
Text: three sonnets of Pablo Neruda
Duration 12:00
Publisher: Schott Helicon Music Corporation (BMI)
Tres sonetos de amor (2000)
Press and Program Notes
for Baritone and Orchestra
Commissioned by the Pacific Symphony Orchestra
First performance: October 2, 2002, Pacific Symphony Orchestra, Carl St. Clair, conductor; Nathan Gunn, baritone
European premiere: March 27, 2003, Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg; Jan Latham-Koenig, conductor; Hugh Russel, baritone
Duration 12:00
Baritone and 2.2.2.2-4.2.2.1-harp-timp-strings
Publisher: Schott Helicon Music Corporation (BMI)
Two Songs (from The Rain in the Trees) (1992)
for medium or high Voice and Piano
1) Native Trees
Dedicated to Judith Bettina and Ariana Goldsworthy
First performance: February 23, 1995, Judith Bettina, soprano, Macphail Center for the Performing Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Text by W.S. Merwin
2) To the Insects
Dedicated to Judith Bettina
First performance: February 23, 1995, Judith Bettina, soprano, Macphail Center for the Performing Arts, Minneapolis, MN
Text by W.S. Merwin
Publisher: Schott Helicon Music Corporation (BMI)
When We Meet Again (Sonnet) (1985)
for medium or high Voice and Piano
Dedicated to Judith Bettina
First American performance: February 24, 1987, Group for Contemporary Music, Judith Bettina/soloist, Merkin Concert Hall, NYC
European premiere: June 17, 1985, Musicisti Americani, Chiesa di Gesu e Maria al Corso, Rome, Italy
Text by Edna St. Vincent Millay
Publisher: Schott Helicon Music Corporation (BMI)
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