Description
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Premiere
19 August 2008
Staunton Music Festival 2008
Julia Turnbull, soprano
Matthew Stevens, piano
First Presbyterian Church
Staunton, VA
Staunton Music Festival 2008
Julia Turnbull, soprano
Matthew Stevens, piano
First Presbyterian Church
Staunton, VA
Commissioner
commissioned for the 2008 Staunton Music Festival Emerging Composers Program
Range
F♯3–A♯5
Text
Mark Statman
Songs
1. conspiracy
2. translating Garcia Lorca
3. people shouting
4. inevitable
5. perfect
6. Kenneth’s death
2. translating Garcia Lorca
3. people shouting
4. inevitable
5. perfect
6. Kenneth’s death
Program Notes
echoes was composed over a period of several weeks in May-July 2008 for the Staunton Music Festival. The cycle uses six poems by New York poet Mark Statman, who I met while in residence in March 2007 at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts in Amherst, VA.
Performance History
| Date | Performer(s) | Venue | City/State |
|---|---|---|---|
| August 19, 2008 | Julia Turnbull, soprano; Matthew Stephens, piano Staunton Music Festival | First Presbyterian Church | Staunton, VA |
| January 27, 2010 | Dennis Tobenski, tenor; Marc Peloquin, piano Tobenski-Algera Concert Series | The Duplex | New York, NY |
| September 18, 2011 | Dennis Tobenski, tenor; Marc Peloquin, piano Opera Grows in Brooklyn | Galapagos Art Space | Brooklyn, NY |
| November 5, 2011 | Dennis Tobenski, tenor; Marc Peloquin, piano Virginia Center for the Creative Arts 40th Anniversary Gala | VCCA | Amherst, VA |
| August 29, 2012 | Dennis Tobenski, tenor; Marc Peloquin, piano Conspiracy: The Music of Dennis Tobenski & Nick Norton | The Duplex | New York, NY |
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