Helen Enfettered
Kate Soper/text by Christian Bök, from "Eunoia"
for two sopranos, cl, tpt, vn, vla, vc, pno, pc

Performed by the Tanglewood Music Center Orchestra with
Aram Damirjian, conductor, and Marie Marquis and Angela Vallone, sopranos

Purchase score here: https://www.eamdc.com/psny/composers/kate-soper/works/helen-enfettered/

05 V. Whenever Helen Sleeps, Her Essence Enters The Ether...

03 III. Whenever Helen Needs Effervescent Refreshments...

02 II. Whenever Helen Dresses Herself En Fete...

01 I. Whenever Helen Feels These Stresses...

Purl (2006)
for flute and percussion
performed by Due East (Erin Lesser, flute, and Greg Beyer, percussion)

Purl

From "Here Be Sirens" (2012-14)
Book and Music by Kate Soper

Text in this excerpt by Kate Soper
Performed by Gelsey Bell, Kate Soper, and Brett Umlauf

Here Be Sirens: O Sailor

From "Here Be Sirens" (2012-14)
Book and Music by Kate Soper

Texts in this excerpt by Dante (from "The Inferno") and Milton (from "Paradise Lost")
Performed by Gelsey Bell, Kate Soper, and Brett Umlauf

Here Be Sirens: Across the Turbid Waves/In a Silent Valley

As the Crow Flies

Didicas

Nine Rakes

I Had a Slow Thought on a Hard Day

How Careful Fire Can Be

01_08_The Romance of the Rose, Act I; The Oath

01_07_The Romance of the Rose, Act I; Meet Shame

01_13_The Romance of the Rose, Act I; Second Sally

01_12_The Romance of the Rose, Act I; Reason vs. Love I

01_01_The Romance of the Rose, Act I; Prologue Part I

01_09_The Romance of the Rose, Act I; Commandments - First Sally

01_10_The Romance of the Rose, Act I; Lady Reason’s First Try

02_07_The Romance of the Rose, Act II; Anagnorisis II

02_12_The Romance of the Rose, Act II; Epilogue II

The Romance of the Rose
Music and libretto by Kate Soper
Recorded by the Wet Ink Ensemble, August 2023
Eric Wubbels, conductor

CAST: Lucas Steele ("The Dreamer"), Devony Smith ("The Lover"), Anna Schubert ("Lady Reason"), Kate Soper ("Shame"), Philip Bullock ("The God of Love"), Ariadne Greif ("Idleness"), and Ty Bouque ("Pleasure").

ENSEMBLE: Rane Moore (clarinet/bass clarinet), Erin Rogers (alto/baritone sax), Ian Antonio (percussion), Laura Barger (piano/keyboard), Josh Modney (violin/viola), Michael Nicolas (cello), Jacqueline Kerrod (harp), James Moore (electric guitar), and Sam Pluta (electronics)

01_02_The Romance of the Rose, Act I; Prologue Part II

01_15_The Romance of the Rose, Act I; Quodlibet

01_14_The Romance of the Rose, Act I; Shame Returns

02_04_The Romance of the Rose, Act II; Lady Reason’s Collapsing Sestina

02_06_The Romance of the Rose, Act II; The God of Love’s Battle Song

02_02_The Romance of the Rose, Act II; Torch Songs

02_09_The Romance of the Rose, Act II; Shame’s Double Aria

02_10_The Romance of the Rose, Act II; Final Showdown

02_03_The Romance of the Rose, Act II; Lady Reason’s Second Try

From "Here Be Sirens" (2012-14)
Book and Music by Kate Soper

Texts in this excerpt by Plato (from "The Republic"), Theobaldus of Cambridge (from "Bestiary"), and Kate Soper
Performed by Gelsey Bell, Kate Soper, and Brett Umlauf

Here Be Sirens: Prologue

From "Here Be Sirens" (2012-14)
Book and Music by Kate Soper

Text in this excerpt by Homer (from "The Odyssey")
Performed by Gelsey Bell, Kate Soper, and Brett Umlauf

Here Be Sirens: Song To Odyseuss

From "Here Be Sirens" (2012-14)
Book and Music by Kate Soper

Text in this excerpt by Edna St. Vincent Millay
Performed by Gelsey Bell, Kate Soper, and Brett Umlauf

Here Be Sirens: Witch - Wife

The Door in the Wall

Now is Forever
by Kate Soper
text by Jorie Graham

Alexandra Picard, soprano
The Seattle Modern Orchestra Project
Recorded live June 6, 2015

Now Is Forever

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