Works principally for solo flute by American women composers; The other side of the world by Cindy Cox for flute and electronics (pre-recorded). Eleven of fifteen works were commissioned by Assimakopoulos through her Laurels Project, with the stipulation that the new works would be based on literature. Includes recitations of the related poetic texts. Nina Assimakopoulos, flute, narration. Recorded at the Recording Studios of the College of Musical Arts, Bowling Green State University, June 2005. Compact disc. Program notes and biographical information on the composers and performer in English and selected texts of poems recited on the recording (22 pages) inserted in container.
Contents:
East wind (1987) / Shulamit Ran (5:08) -- Of all the sounds dispatched abroad-- / poem by Emily Dickinson (0:57) -- Of all (2003) / Maggi Payne (3:15) -- Sweet sixteen / poem by Vera Weislitzova (2:39) -- Sweet sixteen (2003). Behind the wall ; The ball / Ruth Lomon (4:04) -- Spirit man / poem by Linda Boyden (2:20) -- Spirit man (2003) / Margaret Fairlie-Kennedy (5:37) -- Supernova / poem by Terry Winter Owens (0:26) -- Supernova (2003) / Terry Winter Owens (3:16) -- Indian flute / poem by Dorothy Diemer Hendry -- Indian flute (2003) / Emma Lou Diemer (3:12) -- A wren / poem by Denise Levertov (3:12) -- A wren (2003) / Winifred Hyson (2:23) -- Excerpts from Antigone / by Sophocles -- Antigone speaks / Sylvia Glickman (4:42) -- Poems from Squaring the circle / poem by John Campion -- The other side of the world (2003) / Cindy Cox (4:25) -- Valentine trills (1996) / Joan Tower (1:48) -- What do you hear from the family (1960) / Jeanne Shaffer (2;09) -- Comment / poem by Dorothy Parker -- Comment (2003) / Beth Anderson (3:05) -- Prelude / Poem by J.M. Synge -- Prelude (2003) / Mary Ann Joyce Walter (2:43) -- Murali (2003) / Marilyn Bliss (2:37) -- Arca sacra (1997) / Cynthia Folio (4:51).
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