VA - Poet as Muse: Music for Flute, Clarinet & Voice (2018)

Tracklist
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01. As It Fell upon a Day
02. Provincetown, August
03. Dream of Wheat: No. 1, According to Its Stories
04. Dream of Wheat: No. 8, Human Eyes Are Not Still
05. Dream of Wheat: No. 12, Wheat Comes from White
06. Dream of Wheat: No. 13, The Wheat's Name for You
07. Dream of Wheat: No. 16, Much Is Not Passed Down
08. Word of the Day
09. Protea, in Venice
10. Staying the Night
11. 4 Fragments from the Canterbury Tales: No. 1, Prologue
12. 4 Fragments from the Canterbury Tales: No. 2, A Knyght
13. 4 Fragments from the Canterbury Tales: No. 3, A Yong Squier
14. 4 Fragments from the Canterbury Tales: No. 4, The Wyf of Biside Bathe
15. 3 Songs from William Shakespeare: No. 1, Musick to Heare
16. 3 Songs from William Shakespeare: No. 2, Full Fadom Five
17. 3 Songs from William Shakespeare: No. 3, When Dasies Pied


This is an album of works of the 20th Century for Flute, Clarinet, and Voice, also featuring piano, harpsichord, and viola. All of the musical compositions are based upon first-rate works of poetry. The compositions by composers such as Aaron Copland, Marilyn Biery, Cornelius Boots, Jay Batzner, and David Biedenbender feature text by poems such as “As It Fell Upon a Day,” by Richard Barnefield, “Provincetown, August,” by Terry Blackhawk, and even classics in the literature canon such as Canterbury Tales and works by William Shakespeare. This programme was recorded in 2015 at the Staples Family Concert Hall at Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan. The artists are Central Michigan University Music School faculty, and the project was funded by a Creative and Scholarly Support Grant from the university.

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