Octova, the Magazine of the Dale Warland Singers, March 18, 1984

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THE MAGAZINE OF THE DALE WARLAND SINGERS

March 18, 1984 Cover: Stephen Paulus' composition sketchesjor May 5 & 6, 1984 Echoes Between the Silent Peaks

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3 DALE WARLAND

Dale Warland, Music Director of The Dale Warland Singers. is Professor of Music at Macalester College in St. Paul. Minnesota. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree from St. Olaf College, Mas- ter of Arts degree from the University of Minnesota. and Doctor of Musical Arts degree from the University of Southern California. His academic honors include a Tanglewood scholarship and a Ford Foundation grant which made possible a nine-month study of choral music in England, Sweden. and Norway. Under his leadership. The Dale War- land Singers has received extensive national and international acclaim. In addition to conducting dozens of major performances. Dale Warland has pre- to work with Robert Shaw. Music Direc- pared The Dale Warland Singers for tor of the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra. appearances with The Saint Paul He guest-conducted the Swedish Radio Chamber Orchestra, Minnesota Orches- Choir (Stockholm) in January, 1981. tra, Minnesota Opera, and American and the Danish Radio Choir (Copenhag- Brass Quintet - led by such interna- en) in January, 1982. Dr. Warland cur- tionally-known conductors/artists as rently co-chairs the Choral Panel of the Stanislaw Skrowaczewski, Robert National Endowment for the Arts and is Shaw, Dennis Russell Davies, Norman also a member of the Recording Panel. Luboff, Eric Ericson. and Dave Brubeck. During the summer of 1984 he will Dale Warland has distinguished him- travel to Montreal to conduct at the self as a composer and arranger, is a inauguration of "America Cantat," member of the American Society of planned as an annual festival which Composers, Authors and Publishers will involve 2500 musicians from Cana- (ASCAP).and has his own choral series da. the United States. Central and South with Jenson Publications, Inc. He was America; and. as the recipient of a Bush awarded an Individual Artist Grant by Foundation Award. will spend a month the Minnesota State Arts Board in 1981 in England studying choral literature.

THE DALE WARLAND SINGERS CI ======::3 Tenor Paul Anderson. a 12 year ment services firm. A graduate of St. member of the Singers, is employed as a Olaf College (B.A.. Vocal Music Educa- school counselor at Irondale High School. tion) and the University of Illinois in He has a Bachelor of Science degree in Champaign-Urbana (M.S.. Choral Music Music Education and History, and a Mas- Education), he is also the Senior Choir ter's degree in Guidance and Counseling Director at Bethlehem Lutheran Church from Mankato State University. in Minneapolis. Paul Andress. tenor. received a Roxanne Bentley is the alto soloist Bachelor of Arts degree in Vocal Music at Central Lutheran Church in Minne- Education from St. Olaf College. He is apolis. She graduated from Bemidji presently a freelance musician in the State University with degrees in Vocal Twin Cities and is working towards a Music and Elementary Education, and career in counseling. is currently teaching third grade in the Craig Arnold. tenor, is the Presi- Anoka Isanti School District. dent of Arnold Associates. a manage- Paul Boyce. bass, is a graduate of

4 St. Olaf College. He is bass soloist at the ager of Cantante di Camera. Cathedral Church of St. Mark's, and is John Henley is the tenor section pursuing a Master's degree in Theory leader. He has studied music at St. Olaf and Composition at the University of College, UCLA, Aspen School of Music, Minnesota. and the University of Minnesota. He is Bass Steve Burger is in his 4th currently working as a singing waiter at season with The Dale Warland Singers "Gustinos." an Italian Ristorante in and has been featured as a soloist with downtown Minneapolis. the Singers as well as with the Minneso- Soprano Carol Hofstad received a ta Chorale. He began voice studies at Bachelor of Arts degree in Music Educa- Luther College, Decorah, Iowa, and has tion from Concordia College, Moorhead. since studied with Donald Hoiness at Locally, she has appeared in several St. Olaf College. During 1973-74, Steve ,musicals, including the role of Fiona in . traveled throughout Europe as a mem- Chimera Theatre's production of Briga- ber of the 7th Army Chorus while he doon. Carol is currently performing as a was stationed in Germany. singing waitress at "Gustino's." an Ital- Bass section leader Robert Elmore ian Ristorante which features entertain- ls a systems analyst with IDS. He has a ment selections chosen from light opera Jachelor of Arts degree in Music Educa- literature and Broadway show tunes. tion from St. Olaf College and a Bache- Waynne B. Hornicke, bass, has a lor of Science degree in Computer Bachelor of Arts degree in Music Educa- Science from Coleman College in San tion from Augsburg College in Minneap- Diego. olis, and has furthered his vocal Tenor Paul Gerike is Director of training with LeRoy Lehr at MacPhail Music at Lake Nokomis Lutheran Center for the Arts. He has sung with Church in Minneapolis. He has a Bache- the Bach Society and the Minnesota lor of Music degree in Applied Voice and Chorale. Waynne is presently employed Music Education from Hartt College of by World Wide Incorporated in Bloom- Music and an A.A. degree in Liberal ington and by Grace-Trinity Presbyteri- Arts from St. Paul's College in Concor- an Church in Minneapolis. He is often dia, Missouri. Paul sings with Cantante called upon as a guest artist throughout di Camera in the Twin Cities and works the Twin Cities. as a freelance soloist. He is also a waiter Sigrid Johnson is the assistant con- at "Le Peep" in Minneapolis. ductor of The Dale Warland Singers Joanne Halvorsen, alto, has a and also serves as soprano section lead- Bachelor of Arts degree in Music Educa- er. A resident of Northfield, Sigrid tion from Hamline University. She has teaches at St. Olaf College and the Uni- been a soloist at St. Paul's United versity of Minnesota. She attended Con- Church of Christ and with the Oratorio cordia College, Moorhead, and is a Society of Hamline University and the graduate of St. Cloud State University Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. Joanne (a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Perfor- has also performed with Lakeshore mance) and the University of Michigan Players, Patchwork Theatre, and Mas- (Master's of Music in Vocal Perfor- quers Theatre. mance.) Soprano Karen Louise Hendricks Tenor Tim Johnson is a graduate of graduated from Oberlin College with a Macalester College. He is a self- Bachelor of Arts degree, majoring in employed woodworker and owns "Plum Music and minoring in Art History. As Preserves," an antique shop. Tim has rincipal soloist with the Oberlin Col- been a member of The Dale Warland .ege Choir she has sung throughout the Singers for ten years . midwest and east coast, including New Joanna Johnston, soprano, is cur- York City, Washington, D.C., and Chi- rently a voice major at the University of cago. Karen moved to the Twin Cities to Minnesota. She is employed at Dayton's further her career in arts administra- in Burnsville Center. tion. She is presently the General Man- Alto Lynn Carol Jones works with 5 her husband who together own and Lois Laitinen, alto, majored in operate "Red Rims Design," a store and music at the University of Minnesota/ commercial design and display service. Duluth. She taught junior high choral Lynn is a graduate of Macalester Col- music for eight years and is currently lege, with a double major in Education employed at Macalester College. In the and Theatre Arts. Fall of 1984 Lois plans to begin work on Bass Dan Kallman is the librarian her M.B.A. degree at the University of of The Dale Warland Singers and is the Minnesota/Minneapolis. assistant conductor of the Macalester Alto section leader Christine Lud- Festival Chorale. A graduate of Luther wig teaches at Christ the King School. College (B.A. in Applied Music), Dan is She has a Bachelor of Arts degree in presently enrolled at the University of Elementary Education and Music from Minnesota where he is pursuing a Mas- the College of S1. Catherine. Christine ter's degree in Theory/Composition. He also plays the recorder with Cantante di has studied voice with Richard Larson, Camera. Jon Spong and David Greedy, and com- Elizabeth Miller, soprano, has a position with Maurice Monhardt and Music Education degree in Voice and Dominick Argento. Dan's choral Piano from the University of Wisconsi arrangements have been published by River Falls. Liz performs frequently as <- G. Schirmer and Concordia Publishing. jazz soloist, and is the director of the Donelle Kleman, alto, has a Bache- vocal jazz ensemble, Jazzmin. She is lor of Arts degree in Voice from Bemidji employed by 3M. State University. She is employed by Tenor Steve Pearthree serves as the Minneapolis Clinic of Psychiatry tenor soloist at Central Lutheran and also sings with The Hutchinson Church in Minneapolis. He has a Bache- Family Singers. lor of Music degree in Voice and Clari-

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6 net and was a Fullbright Scholar to programmer for Sperry. He has a Bach- Norway. elor of Arts degree in German from David Reece. tenor, is a profession- Florida Presbyterian College. Julian is al caterer. He holds a Bachelor of Music an active church soloist. He has sung degree in Voice from Illinois State Uni- with the Munich Bach Choir, Pro Must- versity. ca of Salt Lake City. and other choirs in Alto Diane Ridder has a Bachelor of Florida and Minnesota. Arts Degree in Music from Luther Col- Sue Shepard. soprano, is a charter lege, Decorah, Iowa. She is employed in member of The Dale Warland Singers. the music sales department of Augs- She is Administrator of the Northfield burg Publishing House and is the alto Arts Guild. and co-founder of the North- soloist at the Cathedral Church of St. field Musical Theater. Sue has a degree Mark's in Minneapolis. in Voice from Indiana University. Freelance singer William Rollie Bass Frank Steen. a graduate of received his musical training at St. Olaf Concordia College. Moorhead, and the College and The Juilliard School, and University of Minnesota. is enjoying his has appeared as tenor soloist with The seventh season with the Singers. He ,aint Paul Chamber Orchestra and in has been a soloist with church and .nany other parts of the country includ- community oratorios in the Twin Cities. ing New York City and San Francisco. Away from music and sailing, Frank is He is a founding member of The Hutch- a dentist and maintains an active prac- inson Family Singers. Bill has studied tice in Minneapolis. voice with Donald Hoiness, Oren Brown Linda Steen is a self-employed and Dwayne Jorgenson. He has direct- musician in the Twin Cities. A graduate ed choral activities in Montana's Glacier of Concordia College. Moorhead, Linda National Park and is currently Director has also studied at Indiana University of Music at St. Peder's Lutheran Church and at the Chautauqua Institute. She is in Minneapolis. soprano soloist at the Cathedral Church Jerry Rubino. bass, is in his fifth of St. Mark's. season with The Dale Warland Singers. Roxanne Stouffer. soprano. has a A graduate of the Curtis Institute of Bachelor of Music Education degree in Music and Temple University. Jerry is Piano and Vocal Music Education from currently pursuing a graduate degree at the University of Wisconsin, River Falls. the University of Minnesota. In addition She has taught public school vocal to his activities as a freelance musician music and is currently a production in the Twin Cities, Jerry maintains a assistant with the Minnesota Opera private voice and piano studio and Company. Roxanne sings with the serves as pianist for the Hawaiians. a Plymouth Festival Choir and the vocal contemporary gospel recording and per- ensemble. Jazzmin. forming group that travels nationally Bass Paul A. Theisen is a design and internationally. draftsman with the Whirl-Air-Flow Cor- Soprano Lea Anna Sams- poration and a cantor at the Church of McGowan is finishing a degree in St. Therese. He is currently studying Music Education/Performance at voice. and is a soloist and section leader Macalester College. She is employed at with the St. Paul Camerata. Sears and is planning to open a private Denise Wahlin. alto, has a Bachelor voice studio in the Spring. of Arts degree in English and Art from Kay E. Sandeen. alto, has a Bache- Concordia College, Moorhead. where ar of Arts degree in Music Education she was a soloist with the Concordia from Hamline University. She is the Choir. She is currently teaching second- Manager of the mail order department ary English and Art in Buffalo, Minne- of Sandeen's Scandinavian Gift Shop. sota. and continuing her vocal studies Bass Julian Sellers is a systems at the University of Minnesota.

7 Sunday, March 18, 1984 - 4:00 p.m. JV!!nnesota Orchestra Hall meets III I Nicollet Mall Minneapolis c5~)(;[r~tf}t_e 1

I. Dixit Dominus (Psalm 110) George Frideric Handel

{sung in Latin}

Linda Steen, soprano David Reece. tenor Sue Shepard, mezzo-soprano Steve Burger. bass Roxanne Bentley, alto

I. Dixit Dominus (Chorus and Soli) 6. Dominus a dextris tuis The Lord said unto my Lord: (Soli and Chorus) sit Thou at My right hand. The Lord at Thy right hand shall Until I make Thine enemies Thy strike through kings in the day of footstool. His wrath. He shall judge among the heathen. (Aria for Alto) 2. Virgam virtutis He shallfill the places with dead bod- The Lord shall send the rod of Thy ies: strength out of Sion: He shall wound the heads over many rule Thou in the midst of Thine countries. , enemies. 7. De torrente in via bibet 3. Tecum principium (Ariafor Soprano) (Soli and Chorus) Thine shall be the dominion in the day He shall drink of the brook in the way: of Thy power, amid the brightness therefore shall he lift up his head. of the saints: from the womb, before the daystar 8. Gloria Patri (Chorus) have I begotten Thee. Glory be to the Father, and to the Son. and to the Holy Spirit. 4. Juravit Dominus (Chorus) As it was in the beginning. is now. and The Lord hath sworn. and will not ever shall be. world without end. repent: Amen.

5. Tu es sacerdos (Chorus) Thou art a Priest for ever after the order of Melchisedech.

INTERMISSION

8 II. WORLD PREMIERE * Echoes Between the Silent Peaks Stephen Paulus 1. Banquet at the Tso Family Manor You want nothing, although at night The windy forest is checkered You can see the aura of gold By the light of the setting, And silver ore all around you. Waning moon. I tune the lute, You have learned to be gentle Its strings are moist with dew, As the mountain deer you have tamed. The brook flows in the darkness The way back forgotten, hidden Below the flower path. The thatched Away, I become like you, Roof is crowned with constellations. An empty boat. floating, adrift. As we write the candles burn short. 4. Snow Storm Our wits grow sharp as swords while JJ h t . oanna 0 ns on, soprano The wme goes round. When the poem . Contest is ended, someone Tumult. weeping. many new ghosts. Sings a song of the South. And Heartbroken, aging, alone, I sing I think of my little boat. To myself. Ragged mist settles And long to be on my way. In the spreading dusk. Snow skurries In the coiling wind. The wineglass 2. Jade Flower Palace Is spilled. The bottle is empty. The stream swirls. The wind moans in The fire has gone out in the stove. The pines. Grey rats scurry over Everywhere men speak in whispers. Broken tiles. What prince, long ago, I brood on the uselessness of letters. Built this palace, standing in 5. Clear After Rain Ruins beside the cliffs? There are Green ghost fires in the black rooms. Carol Hofstad, soprano The shattered pavements are all Autumn, cloud blades on the horizon. Washed away. Ten thousand organ The west wind blows from ten Pipes whistle and roar. The storm thousand miles. Scatters the red autumn leaves. Dawn, in the clear morning air, His dancing girls are yellow dust. Farmers busy after long rain. Their painted cheeks have crumbled The trees shed their few green leaves. Away. His gold chariots The mountain pears are tiny but ripe. And courtiers are gone. Only A Tartar flute plays by the city gate. A stone horse is left of his A single wild goose climbs into the void. Glory. I sit on the grass and 6. Farewell Once More Start a poem, but the pathos of It overcomes me. The future Here we part. Slips imperceptibly away. You go off in the distance, Who can say what the years will bring' And once more the forested mountains Are empty, unfriendly. 3. Written on the Wall at Chang's What holiday will see us Hermitage Drunk together again? It is Spring in the mountains. Last night we walked I come alone seeking you. Arm in arm in the moonlight. The sound of chopping wood echos Singing sentimental ballads Between the silent peaks. Along the banks of the river. The streams are still icy. I go back to my lonely house by the There is snow on the trail. river, At sunset I reach your -grove Mute, friendless, feeding the crumbling In the stony mountain pass. years. Texts taken from One Hundred Poems From The Chinese, translated by Kenneth Rexroth. Used by permission of New Directions Publishing Corporation. 9 III. I Hate and I Love (Odi et amo) Dominick Argento I. Him who pleads to you in vain? I hate and I love. Perhaps you will ask how that can be possible. You: with a heart so fierce? I do not know; but that is what I feel VI. and it torments me. You promise me, my dearest life, that this our love II. Will endure. will be joyous and never- Let us live, my Clodia, and let us love, ending. And let the censorious whispers of the great gods. make what she promises old o be true Be to us as worthless as the gold of fools. And make it come from the bottom of her heart, Suns can set, then rise anew: So that all our lives we will be able to But once our own brief light has keep dimmed This sacred vow of eternal love. We shall sleep an eternal night. VII. III. Wretched Catullus, put an end to this Greetings, miss, with nose not small, madness! Foot not pretty, eyes not black, That which is over and lost, you must Fingers not slender. mouth never rest- count lost forever; ing, Those radiant days that once .shone Speech neither musical nor elegant - upon you Best greetings to you, miss! When you hastened to follow the girl And in Florence they call you a beauty? wherever she led youv- And compare you with my own Clodia? That same girl whom you loved as no other woman will ever be loved - what a gross and ignorant age! o (Wretched Catullus, put an end to this madness!) IV. My woman says she will be no one's The countless delights in the sports of but mine. love, Not even should Jupiter himself wish to When what you desired. she desired seduce her. and desired just as much. (Wretched Catullus!) She said: but what woman says to 0, radiant indeed were the days that lover - once shone upon you! Write it on the wind or swift-running water. Now suddenly she no longer wants your love, and you. being helpless, must V. Give up this longing, cease to pursue Was it a lioness from the mountains of her, Libya Put an end to this torment and Or was it Scylla who barks from the madness! depths of her groin (Wretched Catullus!) Who gave birth to you with a heart so o immortal gods, if you truly have pity. cold. so black. Tear out from my heart this pestilence, A heart that feels only contempt for the this plague voice of Whose insidious gnawing has driven all

10 joy from my breast. VIII. I no longer ask that this woman should I hate and I love. Perhaps you will ask love me. me how that can be possible. Nor do I ask the impossible. that she be I do not know; but that is what I feel chaste. and it torments me. My only wish now is that I be healed. and this Liber Catulli Veronensis Terrible pain be assuaged. (freely translated by the composer)

Flute: Susan Hedling Cello: David Aks Oboe: Thomas Temple Bass: Chris Brown Violins: Young-Nam Kim Harpsichord: Layton James Thomas Hornacker Harp: Kathy Kienzle Violas: Alice Preeves Percussion: Joseph Holmquist Stella Anderson Jay Johnson

Guest Members of The Dale Warland Singers for Dixit Dominus John Ause Peter Bartholome Jack Jaeger Rica Jane Van Sally Allen Peter Hanslep Dianne Prieditis Ruth Warland

The 1983-84 season is supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. The Dale Warland Singers is the recipient of a McKnight Foundation Award administered by the Minnesota State Arts Board. This activity is made possible by a grant provided by the Minnesota State Arts Board through an appropriation by the Minnesota State Legislature. and. in part. by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.

·Commissioned by and dedicated to The Dale Warland Singers. Echoes Between the Silent Peaks was made possible by a grant from the Northwest Area Foundation.

Choral risers and acoustical sheD manufactured by Wenger Corporation. Owatonna. Minnesota. 55060

No cameras or recording devices will be allowed during the performance.

PROGRAM NOTES (L- ----' sional crudeness. the Dixit Dominus Dixit Dominus (Psalm 110) has a unique verve and boldness and George Frideric Handel displays a wonderfully imaginative use (1685-1759) of color - qualities not seen in such The three-and-one-half years Handel profusion in the more polished works of spent in Italy (1706-1710) were the sin- Handel's maturity. gle most decisive influence on his musi- The prevailing spirit is instrumental. cal life - and the Dixit Dominus. . and the influences of the late Baroque written in Rome at age 22. has been Italian string concerto and secular called the diploma of his Italian studies. chamber cantata are particularly evi- The work is an extremely demanding dent. These. combined with vast dimen- grand concerto requiring great energy sions. the old German cantor's and breadth, phenomenal agility and technique. and a new monumentality of precision. declamatory vigor and lyrical style. set the Dixit Dominus apart from expressiveness. The effect is one of Handel's earlier choral music and point ebullience and breathless exhilaration significantly toward the masterpieces of and. for all its extravagance and occa- his English period.

II Echoes Between the Silent prose such as journals. diaries, and Peaks letters. because Ifind that private Stephen Paulus statements on the human condition (b. 1949) and human passions in the straight- forward, simpler language of personal "The title. Echoes Between the Silent documents are more amenable to Peaks. is derived from the third of six musical treatment. The texts I have poems by the eighth century Chinese chosen from Catullus are, of course. poet. Tu Fu. The attractiveness of poetic and public. but I was attracted these poems was enhanced by the to them precisely because they are so abundance of visual and aural images. autobiographical and particular. Visually, his reference to the moon "The love for Clodia - a married occurs throughout the poems in many woman 10 years his senior, beautiful, guises - as a setting moon. waning cultured, elegant, and incurably disso- moon. moonlight, and so on. Tu Fu lute - is one of the central themes in also speaks of drifting orfloating on the poetry of Catullus. Many of his more than one occasion. Coupled with poems record the tempestuous affair: these visions are many aural images. from infatuation tojealousy; blissful Organ pipes whistle. chopping wood contentment to betrayal; reconciliation echoes. and the west wind blows. Most to resignation - and all of these ex- alluring of all is his simple. but touch- perienced not just once. but repeated- ing manner in which he reveals feel- ly. The circular nature of this chain of ings that are often buried far beneath emotions prompted me to cast the the surface. He "broods" or expresses music as a cycle which stops (rather his [riendlessness with ease and than concludes) at the point where it directness. He is equally capable of started and might very well begin all wondering out loud what the future over. will bring. His word painting. together "The decision to use only percussion with his probing questions inspired for the accompaniment was made pri- musical representations which are marily to avoid any specific historical sometimes static and tranquil and at connotations; like the human voice. other times full of unrest. percussion instruments can be both "I would like to extend my sincerest ancient and modern, a quality of time- thanks to Dale Warland and The Dale lessness they share with Catullus' Warland Singers. I am indebted to poetry which, two thousand years them. not only for their enthusiasm for before Freud. was examining the thin new music, but also for their excel- line that separates love from hate and lence in performance. " the perplexing ambiguities of those -Stephen Paulus passions." - Dominick Argento I Hate and I Love (Odi et amo) Stephen Paulus has written works for Dominick Argento orchestras. choruses. chamber groups (b. 1927) and solo performers and also has two operas to his credit. His most recent Commissioned by and dedicated to The orchestral works are the Concerto for Dale Warland Singers on the occasion Orchestra. commissioned and pre- of its Tenth Anniversary. I Hate and I miered by the Minnesota Orchestra in Love is based on the poems of Gaius April. 1983. and Seven Short Pieces. Valerius Catullus, a Roman poet who premiered in February of this year by was a contemporary of Julius Caesar the Civic Orchestra of Minneapolis. His and lived ca. 84-54 B.C. opera. The Postman Always Rings "In selecting texts for musical set- Twice. was first performed by the tings I have been drawn more to prose Opera Theatre of St. Louis in June. than to poetry. especially biographical 1982. and was given its European pre-

12 Dale Warland and Dominick Argento review the score of I Hate and I Love. miere at the Edinburgh Festival in Sep- Minnesota Composers Forum where he tember. 1983. Paulus' awards include a is also one of the Managing Composers. Minnesota State Arts Board grant. a Currently. he is one of two composers National Endowment for the Arts Fel- serving as Composers-In-Residence with lowship. a Guggenheim Fellowship. and the Minnesota Orchestra. numerous commissions. On April I. a new song cycle. All My Pretty Ones. with a text by poet Michael Dennis Browne. will be premiered at the St. Anthony Park Music Series. His future projects include commissions from the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra. Minne- sota Orchestra. Opera Theatre of St. Louis. and the Atlanta Symphony. Pau- lus is one of the Co-Founders of the

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13 Saturday, May 5, 1984 - 8:00 p.m. Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center Macalester College Sunday, May 6, 1984 - 4:00 p.m. House of Prayer Lutheran Church Richfield

I. Perceptions • William Schuman

1. Thought Of Equality - as ifit harm'd me, giving fully enslaved, others the same chances and rights Once fully enslaved, no nation, stat, as myself - as if it were not city of this earth, ever afterward indispensable to my own rights that resumes its liberty. others possess the same.

2. Beautiful Women 6. A Farm Picture Women sit or move to and fro, some Through the ample open door of the old, some young, peaceful country barn, The young are beautiful - but the old A sunlit pasture field with cattle and are more beautiful than the young. horses feeding, And haze and vista, and the far horizon fading away. 3. To Old Age I see in you the estuary that enlarges and spreads itself grandly as it pours 7. Whoever You Are in the great sea. Whoever you are! motion and reflection are especially for you, The divine ship sails the divine sea for 4. Each Of Us you. Each of us inevitable, Whoever you are! you are he or she for Each of us limitless - each of us with whom the earth is solid and liquid, his or her right upon the earth, You are he or she for whom the sun Each of us allow'd the eternal purports and moon hang in the sky, of the earth, For none more than you are the present Each of us here as divinely as any is and the past, here. For none more than you is immortality.

5. To The States 8. To You To the States or anyone of them, or Stranger, if you passing meet me an any city of the States, Resist much, desire to speak to me, why should obey little, you not speak to me? Once unquestioning obedience, once And why should I not speak to you?

14 II. Lamentation * Judith Lang Zaimont

Psalm Beside the streams (rivers) of Babylon 137: 1-6 we sat and wept (yes. we wept) at the memory of Zion. (when we remembered Zion) leaving our harps upon the poplars there (we hanged our harps upon the willows there). For we were asked to sing to our captors (our captors required of us a song). to entertain those who carried us off: "Sing" they said. "sing .... " How can we sing in a pagan country? Jerusalem. if I forget you. may my right hand wither! (my tongue be stilled!) May I never speak again. if I forget you! Yerushalayim!

Lamentations Oh, how lonely she sits. 1: 1-2 the city once thronged with people. as if suddenly widowed. She passes her nights weeping: the tears run down her cheeks. No one remains to comfort her. Friends are all betrayers. all become her enemies.

II.

Lamentations They open their mouths 2: 16 (Our enemies open their mouths) in chorus against us; They hiss and gnash their teeth. saying "We have swallowed her up."

Lamentations Desolation and destruction. ravage. 3:47 dread and pitfall. they have been our lot.

Lamentations The Lord has accomplished His fury - 4: 11. 2: 5.6 He wrecked His own domain like a garden and for the daughters of Judah has multiplied wailing on wailing.

Lamentations It came through the sins of her prophets 4: 13 and the crimes of her priests. who shed the blood of the just in the city's heart.

15 Lamentations We shouted "Depart, keep away! 4: 15 Do not touch us! Unclean!"

Lamentations But the Lord brought darkness on Yerushalayim, 2: 1.2 He left accursed the kingdom and its rulers. (Desolation and destruction)

Lamentations On the day of wrath. 2: 22 no one escaped. no one survived.

III.

Lamentations Then cry aloud to the Lord. 2: 19,18 groan. a daughter of Zion. Pour out your heart like water before the Lord; Let your tears flow like a torrent, day and night.

Psalm Ashes are the bread I eat, 102: 9,4 what I drink I lace with tears; My heart shrivels up like scorched grass and my appetite has gone.

Job 17: 7 My eyes grow dim with grief, and my limbs wear away like a shadow.

Job 16:6 My suffering remains.

Psalm 6: 6-7 I am worn out with groaning. every night I drench my pillow and soak my bed with tears; I am wasted with grief.

Psalm 88: I weep to You all night; 1. 13 I pray to You every morning. I call for Your help.

Lamentations The Lord's mercies are not consumed, 3: 20-26 His compassions are ever-present. His kindness will not fail. His faithfulness is great. "My portion is the Lord; therefore will I hope in Him."

Lamentations My hand and heart stretch out to heaven. 3: 41 IV. GOD SPEAKS

Leviticus I am the LORD, your God. 26:2 (It is I, Yahweh. who am your God.) 16 Deuteronomy See now that I am He. (l am that I am) 32:39 and beside Me there is no other god. It is I who metes out death and life; none can deliver from My hand. When I have struck it is I. I am He who heals

Deuteronomy For the Lord your God is a merciful god who will not desert you. 4:31

Leviticus If you live according to My laws. if you keep My commandments 6: 2-11 and keep My sabbaths. I will give peace unto the land. I will turn toward you. and I will not cast you off.

Deuteronomy For the Lord your God is a merciful god who will not desert you. 4:31 v.

Psalm 49: 1 Hear this. all nations. Give ear. all ye inhabitants of the earth.

Psalm 6: 8-9 The Lord hears our petition; He accepts our prayer!

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17 Psalm 56: This we know: God isfor us. 10.11 In God. whose word we praise. we put our trust.

Psalm 63: 1-3 God. You are my God. from early morning I am with You. my soul is thirsting for You. my flesh is longing for You.

Judith 9: 4 For You have made the past. the present. and what will follow. What is. what will be. You have planned. You designed.

Psalm 63: 4-5 All my life will I bless You. in Your Name (0 God) lift up my hands. Our souls will feast most richly. on our lips a song ofjoy and praise.

INTERMISSION

III. Carmina Harana CarlOrff

Rosemary Barenz, soprano Christopher Jenkins. countertenor James McKeel. baritone

Fortuna, Imperatrix Mundi (Fortune. Empress oj the World]

1. 0 Fortuna (Chorus) o Fortune. Veiled variable in obscurity. as the moon. thou dost attack always dost thou me also. wax and wane. To thy cruel pleasure Detestable life. I bare my back. first dost thou mistreat us. Thou dost and then. whimsically. withdraw thou heedest desires. our my health and virtue; As the sun melts the ice. thou dost so dost thou dissolve threaten both poverty and power. my emotion and weakness with Monstrous torture. and empty fate. At this hour. thou. turning wheel. therefore. let us art mean. pluck the strings without delay. voiding Let us mourn good health at thy will. together. for fate crushes the brave. 18 2. Fortune plango vulnera (Chorus) I lament Fortune's blows In the bloom with weeping eyes, of my felicity for she extorts from me I was struck down her gifts, and robbed of all my glory. now pregnant At the turn of Fortune's wheel, and prodigal, one is deposed, now lean another is lifted on high and sear. to enjoy a brief felicity. Once was I seated Uneasy sits the king - on Fortune's throne, let him beware his ruin, crowned with a garland for beneath the axle of the wheel of prosperity, we read the name of Hecuba,

I. Primo Vere (In Springtime)

3. Veris leta facies (Small Chorus) The brightface of spring Let us compete shows itself to the world, for the prize of love. driving away The sweet nightingale the cold of winter. begins her song; Flora reigns the bright meadows in her colorful robes, laugh with flowers; praised in the canticle Birds flit about of sweet-sounding woods, the pleasant woods; Phoebus laughs the maiden's chorus in Flora's lap again, brings a thousand joys. Surrounded by flowers, Zephyrus breathes the fragrance of their nectar.

4. Omnia sol temperat (Baritone solo) The sun, pure andfine, Spring evokes tempers all; the wanted ways of love, a new world is opened Hold fast by the face of April. thy lover! The heart of man Love me faithfully. rushes to love; feel the constant adoration and over all of my heart the boyish god rules. and mind. The power of Nature's renovation lam with you in the glorious spring ~ even when apart. commands us Whosoever shares my feeling to bejoyful. knows the torture of love.

5. Ecce gratum (Chorus) the pleasures of life. Behold the spring The meadow welcome and long awaited. with purple flowers is a-bloom, which brings back the sun brightens all things. 19 under spell. Now put all sadness aside. summer's for summer returns. Those and winter's cold withdraws. who vie lee for Cupid's prize taste the sweetness and snow melt away; of honey. the frost flees. Let us. and spring proud andjo!1ful, sucks the breast of summer. be ruled Miserable is he by Venus. who neither loves Let us emulate Paris. nor frolics UfDemAnger (On the Lawn) 6. Tanz (Dance)

7. Floret Silva (Chorus and Small Chorus)

The noble wood Everywhere the forest is in bloom; isfilled with buds I am longing for my lover. and leaves. If the wood is green all over. Where is my lover? why does my lover not return? He rode away on horseback. He has hidden away. Alas. who will love me now? Woe is me. who will love me?

8. Chramer, gip die warwe mir (Soli and Chorus) Shopkeeper. give me color Make love. good men to paint my cheeks. and gracious women. that young men Love will ennoble you. may not resist my graces. Hail 0 world Young men. so rich injoys. look here. I will obey you always. do I not charm you? and accept your bountiful gifts.

9. Reie (Round Dance) Swaz hie gat umbe (Chorus) Here are maidens in a circle. they'd like to be without a lover all the summer through.

Chume, chum, geselle min (Small Chorus) Come. come. my pretty maid. Sweet rosy mouth. I waitfor thee; come and heal my longing. I waitfor thee. Come and heal my longing. Come. come. my pretty maid. sweet rosy mouth.

10. Were diu werlt aIle min (Chorus) Were the world all mine. for the Queen of England from the sea to the Rhine. in my arms. I should gladly forsake it

20 II. In Taberna (In the Tavern)

11. Estuans interius (Baritone solo) hold me; In rage I am looking [or my like, and bitterness and Ijoin the depraved. I talk to myself. made oj matter, The burdens oj the heart ash oj the elements, weigh too heavily on me. I am like a leaf Jesting is lovely which the wind plays with. and sweeter than the honeycomb. Ifa wise man What Venus commands builds in suave labor; the house love never dwells upon a rock, in cowardly hearts. t.foo), am like a gliding river On the broad road I move along youth is wont to do. . which Jollows as no straight path. I am entangled in vice, and unmindJul oj virtue. I am swept away Greedy more [or lust like a pilotless ship, than for welfare; like a birdjloating aimlessly dead in soul, through the air. I care only [or my body. Nofetters. no locks text continued on next page

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WeopendooIS for Minneapolis. 21 12. OHm lacus colueram (Tenor solo and Male Chorus) The roasted cygnet sings: The cook turns me on the spit. Once I dwelt in the lakes; the fire roasts me through. once I was and I am prepared for the feast. a beautiful swan. I am borne upon a platter o miserable me! and can no longer fly· Now I am I catch sight of gnashing teeth. roasted black! 13. Ego sum abbas (Baritone solo and Male Chorus) I am the Abbot of Cucany. Wafna, wafna! and I meet with my fellow-drinkers what hast thou done. 0 infamous and belong to the sect of Decius. fate? Whosoever meets me in-the tavern Thou hast taken away over dice all the pleasures of this life. loses his garments by the end of the day. and. thus. denuded. he cries; 14. In taberna quando sumus (Male Chorus) When we are in the tavern. The mistress drinks. the master unmindful of the grave. drinks. we rush to the gaming tables the soldier and the clergyman. over which we sweat. This man drinks. that woman If you want to know drinks. what happens in the tavern the servant and the maid. (where money gets you wine). The quick man drinks. the lazy then listen to my tale. drinks. the white man and the black. Some men gamble. others drink. The sedentary drinks. the wanderer others shamelessly indulge drinks. themselves; the ignorant and the learned. and of those who stay to gamble. The poor man drinks. th~ sick man some lose their garments. drinks. and others are in sackcloth. the exiled and the unknown. There no one is in fear of death. The youngster drinks. the oldster throwing dice for Bacchus; drinks. the Bishop and the Deacon. First. the dice are thrown for wine. The sister drinks. the brother which the libertines drink. drinks. Then they toast the prisoners twice. the old woman and the mother. then they toast the living thrice. Women drink and men drink Four times wine is drunk for by the hundreds and the Christians. thousands. five times for the faithful departed. six times for the boastful sisters. seven times for the forest soldiers. Eight times for the sinful brethren. nine times for the dispersed monks. ten times for the navigators. eleven times for men at odds. twelve times for the penitent, thirteen for the travelers. We drink for Pope and King alike. and then we drink. we drink.

22 Six hundred coins are not enough and we.shall be indigent. [or this aimless May they who nag us be and intemperate drinking. conJounded, Though our drink is always gay, and never be inscribed among the there are ever those who nag, just.

III. Cour D-Amour (The Court oj Love)

15. Amor volat undique (Soprano solo and Chorus) The God oj Love flies everywhere she misses all delight; and is seized by desire. darkest night Young men and young women is at the bottom are rightly joined together. oj her heart; if a girl lacks a man This is bitterest fate.

16. Dies, nox et omnia (Baritone solo) Day and night and all the world Counsel me, are opposed to me, by your honor. and the sound oj maidens' voices Thy lovely [ace makes me weep. makes me weep a thousand tears Alas. I amfilled with sighing because thy heart is made oj ice. and Jear. Thy single kiss ofriends, amuse yourselves would bring me and speak as you please. back to life. Spare me. a sad man. for great is my grief

17. Stetit puella (Soprano solo)

There stood a maid There stood a girl. in a red tunic; like a rose; when it was touched her [ace was radiant; the tunic rustled. her mouth bloomed. Eia! Eia!

18. Circa mea pectora (Baritone solo and Chorus) My heart isfilled Thine eyes shine with sighing. like the sun's rays. I am longing for thy beauty. like lightning flashes My misery is great. in the night. Manda liet. May the gods look with Javor manda liet, on my desire my sweetheart to undo the bonds does not come. oj her virginity.

9. Si puer cum puellula (Soli) When a boy and a maiden happy is their union. are alone together. Their passions mount.

23 and modesty disappears. An ineffable pleasure pours through their limbs, their arms, their lips.

20. Veni, veni, venias (Double Chorus)

Come, come, Redder than the rose, do not let me die. whiter than the lily. Hyrca, hyrce, nazaza, more beautiful than all the rest, trillirtvos ... always I shall glory in thee. Pretty is thy face, the look of thine eyes, the braids of thy hair, a how beautiful thou art!

21. In trutina (Soprano solo)

I am suspended between love and chastity, but I choose what is before me and I take upon myself the sweet yoke.

22. Tempus est iocundum (Soli and Chorus) Pleasant is the season, In winter a maidens; man's desires are passive; now rejoice, the breath of spring ye lads. makes him lascivious. Oh, oh, oh, My maidenhood with love excites me, I bloom but my innocence for a maiden, keeps me apart. my new, new love, Come, my mistress, of which Iperish. come withjoy; Yielding come, my beauty, gratifies me; for I die. refusing makes me grieve.

23. Dulcisstme (Soprano solo) Sweetest boy, Igive my all to you!

BlanziDor et Helena (Bianziflor and Helena) 24. Ave Formosissima (Chorus) Hail to thee, most beautiful, Hail, light of the world, most precious gem; hail, rose of the world. hail, pride of virgins, Blanziflor and Helena, most glorious virgin. Venus generosa!

24 Fortuna, Imperatrix Mundi (Fortune. Empress of the World)

25. 0 Fortuna (Chorus) o Fortune. Veiled variable in obscurity. as the moon. thou dost attack always dost thou me also. wax and wane. To thy cruel pleasure Detestable life. I bare my back. first dost thou mistrust us. Thou dost and then. whimsically. withdraw thou heedest our desires. my health and virtue; As the sun melts the ice. thou dost so dost thou dissolve threaten both poverty and power. my emotion and weakness with Monstrous torture. and empty fate. At this hour. thou. turning wheel. therefore. let us art mean. pluck the strings without delay. voiding Let us mourn good health at thy will. together. for fate crushes the brave.

Text translation: Associated Music Publishers. Inc .. New York

Piano Percussion Mary Duncan Lawrence Barnhart Jerry Rubino Barbara Huestis Vincent Hyman-Pena Jay Johnson Nathan Portnoi

• Midwest premier. Perceptions and Lamentation were commissioned by The National Endowment for the Arts for: The Gregg Smith Singers. Gregg Smith. conductor: The Dale Warland Singers. Dale Warland, conductor: I Can tori, Jeannine Wagner and Edward .Cansino. conductors: and The Philadelphia Singers, Michael Korn. conductor.

The 1983-84 season is supported by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts. The Dale Warland Singers is the recipient of a McKnight Foundation Award administered by the Minnesota State Arts Board. This activity is made possible by a grant provided by the Minnesota State Arts Board through an appropriation by the Minnesota State Legislature. and. in part, by a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts.

Choral risers and acoustical sheD manufactured by Wenger Corporation. Owatonna. Minnesota. 55080

No cameras or recording devices will be allowed during the performance.

25 PROGRAMNOTESC======::::J Perceptions most advanced (or "tortured") progres- William Schuman sions, and they are embedded whole (b. 1910) within the music as well as being used "My enthusiasmJor writing musicJor as germs for Jree composition. (It chorus is evidenced by the large num- should be noted that the third move- ber of works I have composedJor this ment aria uses no Gesualdo quota- medium. Perceptions is my latest cho- tions at all in the mezzo's part, while ral work and in it I return to the poetry the chorus portions are completely oj Walt Whitman as the text source. I composed oj madrigal quotations and have often. set the words oj Whitman adaptations.) - beginning with A Free Song, which In keeping with the Gesualdo source was awarded the first Pulitzer Prize [or materials. Lamentation is dramatic in music in /943, and continuing nature andJeatures tone-painting through this recent commission. throughout. My current projects include a record- - Judith Lang Zaimont ing of my American Hymn, by the Saint Louis Symphony, conducted by Leonard Slatkin, and the completion oj Carmina Burana a commission [or a major work [or CarlOrff chorus and orchestra. " (1895-1982) - William Schuman "After the first performance of Carmina Burana in June, 1937. Orff said to his Lamentation publisher, 'Everything I have written to Judiih Lang Zaimont date. and which you have, unfortu- (b. 1945) nately, printed. can be destroyed. With Carmina Burana my collected work The text oJLamentation is drawnJrom begins.' " the Old Testament (in various English - from Carl Orff, by Andreas Liess translations), particularlyJrom Lam- entations and the Psalms. It tells oj the Carl Orff was born in Munich in July catastrophic events surrounding the of 1895. By age five. he was studying sack oj Jerusalem in 587 B.C. and oj privately on the piano, organ, and cello. the subsequent depression felt by the He started composing at an early age, city's deported inhabitants. In the first having had songs published before he two movements the exiles despair at had even had a lesson in harmony. He the memory oj the ruin oj their temple is primarily a self-taught composer, and and city; they cry out in frustratioti at is certainly a self-motivated one. His the "desolation and destruction" visit- love of words and music, and his obses- ed upon them. The third movement is sion with dramatic and theatrical pres- a solo ariaJor mezzo soprano contin- entation are clearly demonstrated in his ually praying to the Lord for some sign compositions. Yet the complete synthe- oj a more hopejul juture. The Lord sis of these ideas was not fully realized responds to that prayer in the Jourth until Carmina Burana. written in movement, and the final section con- 1935-36. cludes with a more hopeful hymn oj The Carmina Burana are poems praise to God. written by wandering scholars and ShortJragments borrowed or adapt- vagrant monks in the late thirteenth edJrom Gesualdo'sfive-part madrigals century; they were collected into an comprise much oj the basic chorus anthology by a monk in the Benedictine pitch material; most oj the instrumen- monastery of Beuron in Bavaria, and tal music isJreely composed. The Ges- then kept hidden until the monastery ualdo Jragments include several oj his was dissolved. when they found their

26 way to Munich. There they were discov- ered and published in 1847. Orff has taken these poems and created a dramatic and effervescent work of art. With driving rhythmic energy, percus- sive use of vocal and textual representa- tion, and graphic portrayal of the sentiments in the poems, he has created his own true 'theatre', a discovery which was to propel him to compose twelve other 'stage' works of this type. Carmina Burana is Carl Orffs most significant composition, and is perhaps his most important contribution to the world of music.

THE SOLOISTS: Christopher Jenkins, countertenor Christopher Jenkins made his professional debut in Handel's Messiah with The University of Minnesota Symphon- ic Chorus and Orchestra in 1979. Since that time he has appeared with many Twin City organizations, including: The Bach Chamber Players of St. Paul, The University of Minnesota Chamber Sing- ers, Minnesota Opera, and the Roches- ter Symphony Orchestra. Chris is also founder of the Jenkins Consort which performs music for lute, viol and voice. The Consort is part of the Bakken Library Music Series and has appeared on Minnesota Public Radio's "Live From Landmark" program. In 1983 the Consort collaborated with video artist Rosemary Barenz, soprano James Byrne to produce a half hour Rosemary Barenz's collaboration with video concert of early English lute The Dale Warland Singers is not a new songs, sponsored by the Bakken one. A past member and frequent solo- Library. Recently Mr. Jenkins and Mr. ist with the ensemble, she is a featured Byrne again collaborated on a piece for soloist on two of their recent recordings, video, pre-recorded voices and counter- Carols oj Christmas and Americana: A tenor for Gallery 208's show "60 Bit oj Folk. Rosemary has appeared as a Cycles," with music by Chris. Chris has soloist with the Saint Paul Chamber received awards from the National Orchestra, the Civic Orchestra of Minne- Association of Teachers of Singing, The apolis, and the Macalester Festival Cho- Schubert Club, and a fellowship to the rale, among others. Regarding her Aspen Music Festival. At Aspen he was performance of Brahms' Ein Deutsches a fellow in the Chamber Music Group Requiem, the St. Paul Dispatch and appeared as soloist with many per- Pioneer-Press said she sang" ... with forming groups there that summer. great tenderness of voice, giving a mov- Currently he is soloist at House of Hope ing and thoroughly satisfactory perfor- Presbyterian Church in St. Paul, where mance." Miss Barenz currently resides he and his wife, Laura, make their in New York City. home.

27 William Schuman's musical career has seen great success on two fronts: as a composer he has received virtually every award and honor available including the first Pulitzer Prize ever awarded for music; and, as an arts administrator, he has served as president of The Juilliard School from 1945-1961, and in the same capacity at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts from 1961-1969, during which time each institution enjoyed unprecedented growth and sta- bility. Mr. Schuman's compositions span nearly 50 years and include works for virtually every medium including opera, ballet, chamber music, piano solo, choral, and orchestral music. His nine symphonies are considered standard repertoire by this country's major orchestras. Characterized by its firm James McKeel, baritone melodic base, strong contrapuntal elements and rhythmic drive, William James McKeel is making his first con- Schuman's music has earned him the cert appearance with The Dale Warland respect and patronage of such noted Singers. His professional career began artistic figures as Roy Harris, Serge with the opera companies of St. Louis. Koussevitzky, Antony Tudor, and Mar- Pittsburgh, and Santa Fe (where he tha Graham. Mr. Schuman lives in New recorded The Mother of Us All). His York City and remains active compos- varied performance schedule includes ing and supervising recordings of his the Guthrie Theater, Minnesota Orches- music. tra, Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, Walker Art Center, and the Kennedy Many of today's composers prefer to use Center where he recreated his critically contemporary music techniques within acclaimed role of Jay Follet in honor of established frameworks, writing music William Mayer's A Death in the Fami- that blends the best of the old and the ly. Currently in his eighth season with new. Judith Lang Zaimont is such a the Minnesota Opera Company and composer. In her works, a distinctive Midwest Opera Theater, Mr. McKeel has signature and fresh insights have syn- performed in over twenty productions. thesized a new and bolder impression- An active composer and advocate of ism which is at the same time contemporary American music, his rep- romantic, spirited and lyrical. ertoire includes song cycles by Domin- Ms. Zaimont's compositions have ick Argento, Libby Larsen, Stephen received over twenty-five awards, Paulus, Conrad Susa, Hiram Titus and including ASCAP Standard Awards, a Michael Cohen, in addition to numerous BMIPrize, the First Prize-Gold Medal in works which he has composed. Mr. the Louis Moreau Gottschalk centenary McKeel's concert appearances this sea- competition, the Los Alamos Interna- son range from Benjamin Britten's War tional Competition Award, two Delius Requiem and the world premiere of Competition Prizes, and awards from Charles McHugh's Strangely Warmed the National Federation of Music Clubs (from the writings of John Wesley) to and the Pittsburgh Flute Club. She is a J.S. Bach's St. Matthew Passion and Woodrow Wilson Fellow in composition, Haydn's Second Mass in C. a MacDowell Colony Fellow, and she holds degrees from Queens College and Columbia University, where she studied

28 composition with Hugo Welsgall. Otto Luening. and Jack Beeson. In 1971 Ms. Zaimont was awarded the Debussy Fel- lowship of the Alliance Francaise under which she studied in Paris with Andre Jolivet. Her works have been performed throughout the U.S.. in England. France. Australia and Germany. Among the groups which have commissioned pieces are the Gregg Smith Singers. Great Neck Choral Society. Cantica Hebraica, Primavera Quartet. and the New York Music Teachers Association. Ms. Zaimont's output includes approxi- mately seventy art songs. chamber music and choral works. and a piano eoncerto and sacred service for orchestra. Her music is published by Broude Brothers Ltd .. Alfred Publishing Com- pany. Walton Music. Tetra Music and Galaxy Music Corporation and has been recorded on the Golden Crest and Leon- arda Labels.

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