Gwyneth Walker

An assuring text from master poet Sara Teasdale, its central theme is that one can take refuge in singing. Ever sensitive to the text, Walker crafts word painting throughout with shimmering accompanim...

Une œuvre de longue haleine de la célèbre compositrice Gwyneth Walker. Cette œuvre en sept mouvements explore le caractère unique de chacun des lacs du Midwest américain et du centre du Canada, ainsi...

An epic poem by Emerson that talks about music as mystery. The text is matched with equally mysterious music. A part of a larger work entitled “Sing Evermore.”

This piece gives occasion to explore complex harmonies as an expression of the mystery of chords. These are added-tone sonorities—clusters. The author searches for that perfect peace, the one lost cho...

Based on a poem by African American poet Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872–1906). The bird, a prisoner in his cage, beats his wing until the blood is red on the cruel bars. He sings a plea, to Heaven, for he...

A short flute introduction of music floating across the sky opens “Sky-Born Music.” The poet (Emerson) writes that music is heard not only in places of beauty, but also in the mud, the dark, in the da...

The texts for these songs span many centuries and have the common thread of praising music for its power —from Richard Barnfield”s “In Praise of Music and Poetry” (published in 1598) to the uplifting...

Une suite de cinq courtes "excursions" inspirées par les sentiers de randonnée et les terres ouvertes de la ville natale du compositeur, New Canaan, Connecticut. Des extraits de textes d'Henry David T...

Commande de la Guilde internationale de la trompette. Cette suite en trois mouvements pour huit trompettes aborde le chiffre 8 d'une manière différente.

Lively, jazz influenced.

A fun piece, with foot-tappings.