(voice, piano; texts by John Donne, Brother Antoninus (voice and piano versions of Holy Sonnet #14
and Zone of Death from The Cloud of Unknowing (see below)) (1983-1984) 10'
THE CLOUD OF UNKNOWING
(cantata for female voice and chamber orchestra) (1111 1110 perc(3) pf/cel 4vns 2vas 2vc 1cb; texts by Hopkins, anonymous, Donne, Brother Antoninus, Thomas Merton) (1987) 37' [M]
BEDTIME
(voice, piano; text by Denise Levertov) (1989) 3' [A]
(also available in version for voice, flute and harp) (1990)
THREE SACRED SONGS
(voice, piano; based on old traditional melodies; Latin texts) (1989) 10' [P]
Commisioned by Town Hall, New York City
FOUR SACRED SONGS
(soprano or mezzo-soprano, fl/pic, cl/bass cl, hp, perc(1 player), vln, vcl; based on old traditional melodies; Latin texts; incorporates arrangements of Three Sacred Songs (see above)) (1990) 12'(P)
WEIL ALLES UNSAGBAR lst
(soprano, fl/alto fl, vln, vcl, pf; texts by Rainer Maria Rilke) (1990) 23'
Commissioned by New York Camerata [P]
FROM PSALM 116
(voice, piano; Latin text from Vulgate) (1995) 3’ [P]
Composed for an Orchestra 2001 AIDS Songbook concert
SONGS AND DANCES FROM THE “THE TEMPEST”
(soprano, baritone, medieval and renaissance instruments (four players); texts by Shakespeare) (1998) 25’ [P]
(also available in version for modern instruments (soprano, baritone, fl/pic/alto fl, hp, perc (1 player), vla, vcl) (2003))
Original version commissioned by the Folger Shakespeare Library
Recorded by the Folger Consort for Bard Records
Version for modern instruments commissioned by the 20th Century Consort
“Where the Bee Sucks”
HOLY THE FIRM
(soprano, piano; texts by Denise Levertov, Annie Dillard, Susan Stewart, John Climacus) (1999) 21’ [P]
(also available in version for soprano and chamber ensemble (fl/pic, cl/bass cl, hp, perc (1 player), 2 vlns, vla, vcl, cb, optional crystal glasses (2 or 3 players) (2000))
Piano and voice version commissioned (in part) by the Barlow Endowment for Music Composition at Brigham Young University
Chamber ensemble version commissioned by the Twentieth Century Consort
(soprano or mezzo-soprano, fl/pic, cl/bass cl, harp, perc (1 player), vln, vcl, lute, 2 viols, recorders, psaltery, optional chorus; incorporates arrangements of FOUR SACRED SONGS, and excerpts from STRING QUARTET #2, CHRISTUS VINCIT, and FIVE MEDITATIONS (see above)) (1999) 30’
Commissioned by the Folger Consort and the Twentieth Century Consort
FROM A BOOK OF HOURS
(soprano solo, 3333 4331 timp 3 pf/cel hp strings; texts by Rainer Maria Rilke) (2001) 18’ [P]
Commissioned by the Chicago Symphony
(Also available in version for soprano and piano (2002); version for soprano and chamber ensemble (1110 1000 pf, 1pc, 2vln, vla, vcl, cb or small body of strings) (2006))
(soprano, flute, harp; based on old Celtic and American sacred songs, and Gregorian chant melodies; texts in English and Latin) (2004) 18’
Commissioned by the American Harp Society for its 2004 national convention
(Version for soprano and piano in preparation)
ARIEL SONGS
(soprano and piano; text from Shakespeare) (2007) 10’
Arrangement of excerpts from SONGS AND DANCES from “THE TEMPEST” (see above).
DARK THE STAR
(baritone and chamber ensemble (cl/bs cl, cello, piano, percussion (1 player) (texts by Rainer Maria Rilke, Susan Stewart, and from Book of Psalms) (2008) 20’
SONGS FOR ADAM
(baritone and orchestra (3333 4331 perc (3 players) pno/cel hp strings) texts by Susan Stewart (2009) 30’
[M] = Margun Music, distributed by G. Schirmer/Associated Music Publisher, 257 Park Avenue South, 20th Floor, New York, NY, 212-254-2100, www.schirmer.com
[P] = Merion Music, 588 No. Gulph Rd., King of Prussia, PA 19046 (610) 525-3636, www.presser.com
[A] = Associated Music Publishing, 257 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10010
(212) 254-2100 (work is included in anthology of songs by young American composers)
other works available from composer at Dept. of Music, University of Pennsylvania,
201 S. 34th Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104 (215) 898-7544
