An immorality : (1952) (1:01) ; What if : (1986) (2:02) ; The message : (1977) (3:12) ; The shepherd : (1987) (1:55) ; In the wand of the wind : (1952) (1:09) / Lee Hoiby -- O del mio dolce ardoe -- A reimagining : (rev. 2001) / Laurie Altman (4:21) -- Branch by branch : (1961) (1:53) ; Homesick blues : (1988) (3:00) ; The wider view : (1988) (4:10) / Leslie Adams -- Who has seen the wind : (1999) / Lita Grier (1:42) -- Perineo : (1992) / Libby Larsen (5:10) -- Amarilli, mia bella : (1997) / Richard Pearson Thomas (4:57) -- Beginning my studies : (1998) / Robert Carl (4:15) -- Dove sta amore : (1991). Maybe ; Sea chest ; The hangman at home ; How many little children sleep ; Dove sta amore... / John Musto (16:05) -- Three lyrics of Edna St. Vincent Millay : (1991). God's world ; Wrath ; Afternoon on a hill / Eric Ewazen (7:48) -- Mots d'heures, Gousses, rames : Four songs in fraudulent French from Mother Goose : (1983). Un petit d'un petit ; Chacun gille ; Lit-elle messe moffete ; Eau la quille ne colle / Dan Tucker (3:15) -- Bingo : (1997) / Robert Bowker (2:35) -- Light feet : (2002) / John Harmon (3:34).
Note
All tracks except 1, 2, 4, 5, 7-11 are world premiere recordings.
"Perineo" is an example of macaronic poetry.
Event (note)
Recorded July 27 & 29, 2004 and May 23 & 25, 2005 at WFMT, Chicago.