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till night is overgone (2007)
song cycle for high voice and piano
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Duration
25"
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Text
James Joyce
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Instrumentation
high voice and piano
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Movements
1. Strings in the earth and air
2. At that hour 3. From dewy dreams, my soul, arise 4. O cool is the valley now 5. In the dark pine-wood Interlude 6. I hear an army 7. Sleep now, O sleep now 8. All day I hear the noise of waters 9. Rain has fallen all the day 10. Now, O now in this brown land |
Commissioners
Denton Tobenski, tenor /
Rob Frankenberry, tenor |
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Premiere
World/Midwest Premiere
November 3, 2007 Denton Tobenski, tenor Katherine Wiegandt, piano Denton Tobenski's Senior Voice Recital Kemp Recital Hall Illinois State University Normal, IL New York Premiere October 27, 2007 Robert Frankenberry, tenor Marc Peloquin, piano Bloomingdale School of Music Tobenski-Algera Concert Series |
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Dedications
for tenors Rob Frankenberry & Denton Tobenski / for my brother, Denton Tobenski / to Tom Cipullo / to Vicky Clark / to Darien Shulman / to Daron Hagen / for Rob Frankenberry / to Jeff Algera / to Marc Peloquin / to Julie Gross / to David Del Tredici
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Notes
Composed from March 2-27, 2007 at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts in Amherst, VA. Revised July 15-30, 2007 at the Prairie Center of the Arts in Peoria, IL.
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