Secular oratorio for solo voices, mixed chorus (SATB), and orchestra; accompaniment arranged for piano. Libretto by Martin Bresnick, assembled from The daemon knows by Harold Bloom (all texts used with the permission of the author) and the works of Walt Whitman, Herman Melville and Emily Dickinson. A passion in five parts composed in honor of Professor Harold Bloom. Premiered by Yale Choral Artists, Jeffrey Douma conductor, at the International Festival of Arts and Ideas, New Haven.
Contents:
Part V. The lesson done. I have aged into a firm conviction -- Part II. The new-found America ; Why should I wish to see God? ; And I say to mankind -- Part III. Where is Melville the man? ; Ishmael sketches his playbill -- Part IV. The saddest noise, the sweetest noise ; The only kangaroo among the beauty ; I reason earth is short -- Part V. Bloom's Daemon ; The lesson done.
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