A Walt Whitman Requiem
for soprano, mixed chorus, and string orchestra (1984)
Premiere
10 May 1993
The Loomis Chaffee School Auditorium, Windsor, Connecticut
The Loomis Chaffee School Chorus & Orchestra / Mark Jon Gottschalk
Instrumentation
Soprano, mixed chorus, strings
Duration
30'
Texts
Walt Whitman (E), Requiem Mass (L)

Program Note
Composed during the summer of 1984 and completed on 19 May 1984 at Yaddo, in Saratoga Springs, New York, the Walt Whitman Requiem was commissioned by the Loomis Chaffee School in Windsor, Connecticut and first performed by the Loomis Chaffee School Chorus and Orchestra on 10 May 1993 conducted by Mark Jon Gottschalk. Hagen revised the piece in March of 1999 in New York City.
--- Bill Rhoads, 2004