Five Love Motets
Text: Composer Publisher: Lapis Island Press (SMC) First Recording: Naxos Records – American Classics Performing Artists: New York Virtuoso Singers Quartet (Martha Cluver, soprano; Silvie Jensen, alto; Eric Dudley, tenor; Steven Hrycelak, bass; and Peter Lewis, conductor.) Released: August 12, 2016 Duration: 12 minutes
Three Songs from Ish River
Text: Robert Sund, Paulé Barton, and Theodore Roethke (used by permission) Publisher:Theodore Presser Company First Recording: Naxos Records – American Classics Performing Artists: Susan Narucki, soprano; Colin McAllister, guitar Released: August 12, 2016 Duration: 6.5 minutes
The Changing Light
Text: Lawrence Ferlinghetti: from his book, How to Paint Sunlight (New Directions, 2001) (used by permission) Publisher: Lapis Island Press (SMC) First Recording: Naxos Records – American Classics Performing Artists: New York Virtuoso Singers Quartet (Martha Cluver, soprano; Silvie Jensen, alto; Eric Dudley, tenor; and Steven Hrycelak, bass; Stephen Gosling, piano; Peter Lewis, conductor.) Released: August 12, 2016 Commissioned: Conspirare, Craig Hella Johnson, conductor; and Sanford Dole Ensemble Premiered: January 21, 2012, Austin, Texas San Francisco Premiere: February 4, 2012 (Originally scored for chamber choir and chamber ensemble) Duration: 16 minutes
Where the Heart Is Pure
for mezzo soprano and chamber orchestra Instrumentation: mezzo soprano, flute, oboe (doubling on English horn), Bbclarinet (doubling on bass clarinet), strings (3-3-2-2-1 or string quintet)
The Changing Light
Text: Lawrence Ferlinghetti: from his book, How to Paint Sunlight (New Directions, 2001) (used by permission) Publisher: Lapis Island Press (SMC) Duration: 16 minutes
Where the Heart Is Pure
Text: Robert Sund (used by permission) Publisher: Theodore Presser Company First Recording: Naxos Records – American Classics Performing Artists: Christine Abraham, mezzo soprano; Keisuke Nakagoshi, piano. Released: August 12, 1916 Duration: 16 minutes
