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Little Cosmic Dust Poem  (2007) (poem by John Haines)
for voice (medium) and piano.

5:00






Poem of the Forgotten  (2004) (poem by John Haines)
for voice (medium) and piano.

5:00






magic song for one who wishes to live and the dead who climb up to the sky  (1990)
for voice (medium) and piano.

5:00





Commissioned by New Songs.




Selections from Forest Without Leaves (1984)
(poems by John Haines)
for vocal soloists (SATB), chorus (SATB) and chamber orchestra.

25:00





Commissioned by the Arctic Chamber Orchestra.






Recorded on Owl Recording (LP -32).






"...sensitive, stately, solemn, dramatic... Forest Without Leaves deserves a wider hearing."



-- Option






"...Forest Without Leaves is a work which is both moving and coherent, with a message whose time has come."



-- Chorus!




Night Peace  (1976)
for antiphonal choirs (SATB), solo soprano, harp, percussion.

15:00





Commissioned by the Atlanta Singers.






Recorded on New Albion Records (NA061) and Opus One (LP #66).






"...Night Peace is what new choral music is all about."



- John Schaefer, National Public Radio


Audio Excerpts
Excerpt 1 - 1 Mb
Excerpt 2 - 1.6 Mb




up into the silence  (1978/84) (poem by e e cummings)
for voice (medium) and piano.

3:30


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