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Premierebuy Cradle Song buy Just for the Night ![]() buy Broken Pieces Broken Pieces
Staged Premiere
8 March 2005
Schoenberg Hall, Los Angeles, California University of Southern California Chamber Opera / Sarah Danielle Just for the Night
Concert Premiere
7 April 2008
St. Peter's Church in the Village, New York, New York
Prism Concerts / Robert Frankenberry; Kelly Lynch / Eric Moe
Cradle Song
Concert Premiere
26 October 2008
Seasons Concert Hall, Yakima, Washington
Seasons Festival / Robert Frankenberry; Gilda Lyons / Finisterra Trio
New York Stories (Complete)
Staged Premiere
TBDInstrumentationfl.ob.cl.bn.hn.tp.vibr.3vlns.vla.vlc.cb (or) piano alone
Duration66'
LibrettoBarbara Grecki, Daron Hagen (E)
Program Note Broken PiecesPamela, a thirty-something divorcee, lives alone in a small apartment on Manhattan's Upper West Side. She's been waiting for months for the tile man to come and fix the broken tiles in her bathroom. Antonio, a middle-aged Italian immigrant, arrives to do the work. During the course of his visit, the two connect and share a lovely romantic moment
Just for the Night
Babs, a woman of a certain age and wealth, receives an unexpected visit from her brother Chip on Christmas Eve, turns him away.
Cradle Song
Mama and Papa, a composer couple, arrive home after a night on the town and attempt to put their infant son down for the night.
These three intimate stories are based on the experiences of real people. The music weaves their lives together. Conceived as a trilogy for performance both together and seperately, the first skit is piquant and romantic, the second is dark and funny by turns, the third is warmly domestic and ends with a delightful twist.
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