till night is overgone (2007)
song cycle for high voice and piano

Duration
25"
Text
James Joyce
Instrumentation
high voice and piano
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
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
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
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.