Four Orchestrated Songs

Description: In the tradition of Samuel Barber these songs, though with orchestra, retain their chamber music character calling for a recital voice with a minimum of vibrato. The songs are intensly melodic and the orchestral parts though not often technically demanding require the most sensative ear for ensemble.

The Four Orchestrated Songs were first performed May 4, 1999 in Brown Hall at the New England Conservatory with Graham Fandrei, bass-baritone and Shawn Crouch conducting members of the New England Conservatory Symphony Orchestra.

I. Sleep Now • II. Disenchantment • III. Heart, We Will Forget Him • IV. Never Give All the Heart