till night is overgone (2007)
song cycle for tenor and piano

Duration
19'00"

Premiere
World/Midwest Premiere
November 3, 2007
Denton Tobenski, tenor
Katherine Wiegandt, piano
Denton Tobenski's Senior Voice Recital
Kemp Recital Hall
Illinois State University
Normal, IL

New York Premiere
October 27, 2007
Robert Frankenberry, tenor
Marc Peloquin, piano
Bloomingdale School of Music
Tobenski-Algera Concert Series

Text
James Joyce

Movements
1. Strings in the earth and air
2. At that hour
3. From dewy dreams, my soul, arise
4. O cool is the valley now
5. In the dark pine-wood
5b. Interlude
6. I hear an army
7. Sleep now, o sleep now
8. All day I hear the noise of waters
9. Rain has fallen all the day
10. Now, O now, in this brown land

Commissioner
commissioned by Denton Tobenski and Robert Frankenberry

Dedication
for tenors Rob Frankenberry & Denton Tobenski / for my brother, Denton Tobenski / to Tom Cipullo / to Vicky Clark / to Darien Shulman / to Daron Hagen / for Rob Frankenberry / to Jeff Algera / to Marc Peloquin / to Julie Gross / to David Del Tredici

Catalog
T82-V2007-1

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Audio
1. Strings in the earth and air

2. At that hour

3. From dewy dreams, my soul, arise

4. O cool is the valley now

5. In the dark pine-wood

5b. Interlude

6. I hear an army

7. Sleep now, o sleep now

8. All day I hear the noise of waters

9. Rain has fallen all the day

10. Now, O now, in this brown land


Score Images

Notes
Composed from March 2-27, 2007 at the Virginia Center for the Creative Arts in Amherst, VA. Revised July 15-30, 2007 at the Prairie Center of the Arts in Peoria, IL.



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