31 May 2011

Angling after the elusive Opus 106

While composition proceeds on opp. 104 & 105 — I’ve now made rudimentary architectural decisions for the Cantata:


I. “The Crystalline Ship” — Leo Schulte :: soprano & mezzo; recorder; alto flute


II. from “On the Morning of Christ’s Nativity (Hymn)” — Milton :: soprano; piccolo; recorder; harpsichord (frame drum?)


III. “A Cradle Song” — Blake :: soprano & mezzo (generally, alternate stanzas; together on stanzas 3 & 8); harpsichord (frame drum?)


IV. “My Symphony” — Wm Henry Channing :: mezzo; recorder


V. “These, I singing in spring” — Whitman :: tutti

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