For chorus TBarB and flute/piccolo, oboe/English horn, clarinet, horn, bassoon, and percussion (2 players). Performance instructions in English. Commissioned by the Rutgers University Glee Club for the National Conference of the Intercollegiate Men's Choruses. Premiered March 4, 2000, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey. Dedicated to Patrick Gardner. Duration: approximately 20 minutes.
Contents:
Madrigal I: bird, no money, bird -- Madrigal II:. joy squeezed into perspective -- Madrigal III: birds, birds, birds -- Madrigal IV: temptation -- Madrigal V: the bawling out -- Madrigal VI: more of the bawling out -- Madrigal VII: the saint gets the point -- Madrigal VIII: the point of Paolo's paint -- Madrigal IX: a good night's rest.
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