The Heart of the Stranger
song cycle for voice and piano (1983-1999)
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Premiere
11 June 1999
Ham Concert Hall, Las Vegas, Nevada
Paul Kreider, baritone / Daron Hagen, piano
Ham Concert Hall, Las Vegas, Nevada
Paul Kreider, baritone / Daron Hagen, piano
20 September 1999
Baylor University Concert Hall, Waco, Texas
Paul Kreider, baritone / The Baylor Wind Ensemble / Michael Haithcock
Baylor University Concert Hall, Waco, Texas
Paul Kreider, baritone / The Baylor Wind Ensemble / Michael Haithcock
Instrumentation
voice and piano
Duration
17'
Texts
Andrei Codrescu, Charles Baudelaire, Paul Verlaine, William Blake, John Keats, Kim Roberts, A.E. Houseman, Gwen Hagen, Walt Whitman, Theodore Roethke
Program Note
1. Symmetry(Andre Codrescu)
2. Even Twilight(Charles Baudelaire, trans. by the composer)
3. It Weeps in My Heart(Paul Verlaine, translated by the composer)
4. To Nobodaddy(William Blake)
5. Dawlish Fair(John Keats)
6. Under the Night Sky(Kim Roberts)
7. O, When I Was in Love With You(A.E. Houseman)
8. An Irony(Gwen Hagen)
9. Specimen Case(Walt Whitman)
10. Song(Theodore Roethke)
2. Even Twilight(Charles Baudelaire, trans. by the composer)
3. It Weeps in My Heart(Paul Verlaine, translated by the composer)
4. To Nobodaddy(William Blake)
5. Dawlish Fair(John Keats)
6. Under the Night Sky(Kim Roberts)
7. O, When I Was in Love With You(A.E. Houseman)
8. An Irony(Gwen Hagen)
9. Specimen Case(Walt Whitman)
10. Song(Theodore Roethke)
The cycle was first recorded and premiered by baritone Paul Kreider, accompanied by the composer, at Ham Concert Hall in Las Vegas, Nevada on 11 June 1999.
--- Bill Rhoads, 1999
Reviews
One would give a lot to hear ... The Heart of the Stranger ... sung by Sanford Sylvan or Thomas Hampson.
--- Fanfare Magazine January/February 2002