Texts by Haim Gouri, Shlomo ibn Gabirol, Almog Behar, Sir Philip Sidney, Samuel Menashe, William Wordsworth, Albert Giraud, Yehuda Halevi and Shmu'el Hanagid. With program and performance notes, notes for the singer on the Hebrew texts, and pronunciation table for Hebrew, all in English. Act II originally in Hebrew; English translation by the composer; and Entr'acte II originally in French; English translation by David Stillman. A homage to Arnold Schoenberg's Pierrot Lunaire. "Edited with Lucy Shelton, 2017"--End of piece. Commissioned by Dolce Suono Ensemble.
Contents:
Act I. Creation -- Act II. Li Bai and the vacant moon -- Entr'acte I -- Act III. Star-crossed -- Entr'acte II. Prayer to Pierrot -- Act IV. Medley.
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