Title from disc label. World premiere recordings. Phyllis Pancella, mezzo-soprano ; Hui-Ting Yang, piano ; Hana Brožová, alto flute ; Jitka Hosprová, viola ; Florida State University Percussion Ensemble ; Alexander Jiménez, conductor. Tracks 1-25 and 31 recorded 2016 December 17-19 Opperman Music Hall, Tallahassee, Florida. Tracks 26-30 recorded 2016 November 12 Studio Martínek, Czech Republic Booklet with lyrics in English and German, and biographical and program notes in English, French and German (31 pages : portraits, music) inserted in container.
Contents:
24 haiku : for mezzo-soprano and piano on Japanese poems (2016) (27:14) -- Magdalene : for mezzo-soprano and piano on a poem by Boris Pasternak (2012) (7:03) -- Gong : for mezzo-soprano, alto flute, piano, and electronics (fixed media) on a poem by Rainer Maria Rilke (2016) (6:37) -- To be a poet : for mezzo-soprano and viola on Czech and Slovak poetry (2016) (15:48) -- River in spring : for mezzo-soprano and percussion ensemble on a text by Franz Kafka (12:46).
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