For mezzo-soprano or baritone. Peformance notes in English. Commissioned by the National Arts Centre Orchestra. Premiered in Ottawa, 1981. "March 1979"--title page. Duration: approximately 30 min. Texts by Salvatore Quasimodo, Earle Birney, Saint Geraud, and Antonio Machado.
Contents:
Book I. Ode: And Suddenly It's Evening / Salvatore Quasimodo ; Fox Trot: On the Beach / Earle Birney ; Lullaby: On Nights Like This / Saint Geraud -- Book II. Aubade: Near the Flowering Mountain / Antonio Machado ; 5. Saltarello: Call it Romance / anonymous Pashtun ; Dirge: Lord, You Took from Me / Antonio Machado.
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