Ann Callaway, Char (2021), premiere
on poetry of Kurahara Shinjiro
- Salmon
- Char
- A far-off Friend
- Sunset
- Thoughts on Stones
Richard Mix, bass
Jerome Kuderna, piano
Allen Shearer, From Spell to Trance (2021), premiere
Song cycle on poems of Elizabeth Jennings
1. A Weather Spell
2. Sea-Drunk
3. Winter Wind
4. Song of Love and Peace
5. A Trance of Spring
Tonia D’Amelio, soprano
Keisuke Nakagoshi, piano
Intermission
Peter Josheff, Rag Wrung Dry: Images from the Past III (2020-21)
Eight poems for spoken voice & piano
1. Biting
2. Sad rose
3. Bested by blessings
4. Bruising inward
5. Rugged
6. Winter twilight
7. Deep furrows
8 .Beads of sweat
Peter Josheff, words & music, spoken voice
Brenda Tom Vahur, piano
Antonio Celaya, Chugachugazjung, premiere
Victoria Ehrlich, cello
Keisuke Nakagoshi, piano
Allen Shearer, excerpts from Prospero’s Island
Opera on a libretto by Claudia Stevens after Shakespeare
Ariel’s song, “Beneath your feet my people lie”
Miranda’s first aria, “I am Miranda”
Miranda’s second aria, “I am not your trinket, Father”
Tonia D’Amelio, soprano
Claudia Stevens, mezzo soprano (echo)
Keisuke Nakagoshi, piano