CHARLES WUORINEN
VOCAL MUSIC
NEVER AGAIN THE SAME (2006) 4 minutes (text:
James Tate)
bass-baritone, tuba
for Works and Process at the Guggenheim
ASHBERYANA (2004) 18 minutes (texts:
John Ashbery)
baritone, trombone, string quartet & piano
VISIBLE (2004)
3 minutes (text:
Paul Auster)
tenor & harp
for Works and Process at the Guggenheim
FENTON SONGS II (2002)
14 minutes (text:
James Fenton)
soprano with violin, cello and piano
for Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival
PENTECOST (2002)
3 minutes (text:
Derek Walcott)
tenor & harp
for Works and Process at the Guggenheim
THE HAROUN SONGBOOK (2002)
48 minutes
four singers (SATB) & piano
Selections from the opera, Haroun and the Sea
of Stories, on the novella of
Salman Rushdie, libretto by James
Fenton
Premiere October 2002
TWO MACHINE PORTRAITS (2001) 3:30 minutes
{text: Les Murray)
tenor & piano
SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 (2001)
9 minutes
{text: W.H. Auden)
tenor & piano
STANZAS
BEFORE TIME
(2001) 3:30 minutes
Text of John Ashbery
Tenor & Harp
FENTON SONGS (1997) soprano
and piano trio, ca. 8 minutes (texts:
James Fenton)
(a second version for soprano, 2 guitars, violin and cello)
Program
Note
CHRISTES CROSSE by Thomas Morley (ca. 1597),
Recomposed by Wuorinen (1994) [4:15]
soprano and piano
Program Note
LIGHTENINGS VIII {text:
Seamus
Heaney} (1994) [2:00]
Soprano and Piano
A
WINTER'S TALE {text: Dylan Thomas} (1991) [25:00]
two versions: Soprano
& Piano;
Soprano & Clarinet, Horn, String Trio and Piano
TWANG{text: Wallace Stevens} (1989)
[2:00]
(Mezzo) soprano and Piano
MASS (for the Restoration of St. Luke
in the Fields) (1982) [30:00, with motet]
Chamber chorus (SATB) w. Soprano solo, 3
Trombones (TTB), Violin and Organ
PSALM 39 for Baritone and Guitar (1979) [11:00]
THREE SONGS for Tenor and Piano {text: Coburn Britton} (1979)
[9:00]
SIX SONGS for Two Voices {text: Coburn Britton} (1977) [15:30]
Countertenor (or Alto), Tenor, Oboe,
Bassoon, 2 Horns, Violin, Cello
A MESSAGE TO DENMARK HILL {text: Richard Howard} (1970) [26:00]
Baritone, Flute, Cello and Piano
A SONG TO THE LUTE IN MUSICKE {text: Richard Edwards} (1970)
[3:00]
Soprano and Piano
THE POLITICS OF HARMONY: A MASQUE {text:
Richard Monaco}(1967) [35:00] STAGE
Singers: Alto,Tenor, Bass;
2Flutes(Picc/Alto), 2Tubas, 2Harps, 2 Violins, 2Contrabass, and Percussion(3)
MADRIGALE SPIRITUALE SOPRA SALMO SECOUNDO (1960) [4:30]
{Text: Psalmus II, Vulgate 1- 4}
Singers: Tenor, Bass; 2 Oboes, 2 Violins, Cello and Piano
BE MERY ALL THAT BE PRESENT {Anon. 16th Century text} (1957)
[4:00]
Motet for Mixed Chorus (SATB) and Organ
TWO LUTE SONGS OF THOMAS CAMPION arranged
for Male Voices (1956) [4:00] - lg
Singers: TTBB a cappella
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