Name: Villa Lobos Etude No. 5 by kathyhalvorson
Duration: 3 min 13 s
Description: Scott Anderson's arrangement for my trio Threeds

from NNA062: Jason Lescallet "Archaic Architecture" c40
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Archaic Architecture

Jason Lescalleet "An Archaic Code"

This short work for oboe and piano was written for a memorial service for clarinettist Murray Khouri on August 31, 2019. It is named after the place where the composer last met Murray, Katoomba in the Blue Mountains.
Martin Lee, oboe and Ben Hoadley, piano

Katoomba

The world premiere of composer Stephanie Griffin's song cycle "Beautiful You Are" for soprano, clarinet, viola and piano (2022) 

Sharon Harms, soprano
Christopher Oldfather, piano
Stephanie Griffin, viola

Texts:
Quam pulchra es 
Excerpted and abridged from The Song of Solomon
Myles Coverdale Bible (1535)

 
Latin Text

Quam pulchra es et quam decora carissima in deliciis (tuis) 
Statura tua assimilata est palmæ, et ubera tua botris
Caput tuum ut carmelus.
Collum tuum sicut turris eburnea.
Veni dilecte mi; egrediamur in agrum(/hortum)
Et videamus si flores fructus parturiunt,
si floruerunt mala punica. Ibi dabo tibi ubera mea.
Alleluia.

English Translation by Myles Coverdale (1488 – 1569)

O How fair and lovely art thou, my darling, in (your) pleasures?
Thy stature is like a date tree, and thy breasts like the grapes.
The head that standeth upon thee is like Carmel
Thy neck is as it were a tower of ivory
O come on my love, let us go forth in to the field(/garden)
and go see if the grapes be grown
and if the pomegranates be shot out. There will I give thee my breasts.
Alleluia
 
Beautiful You Are
By Kenneth Patchen (1911 – 1972)

Cathedral evening, tinkle of candles
On the frosted air
Beautiful you are
Beautiful your eyes, lips, hair

Ah still they come

Evenings like chalices
Where little roofs and trees drink
Until a rude hand 
Shatters them, one by one

O beautiful you are

My own
Land of holiness, unblemished grace
Springtime 
In this winter place
O in the candles there
More beautiful 
Than any legend’s face

Your eyes, your hair

By Kenneth Patchen, from COLLECTED POEMS OF KENNETH PATCHEN, 
copyright ©1952 by New Directions 
Publishing Corp. Reprinted by permission of New Directions Publishing Corp. 

Live from the Music of the Americas concert series
Americas Society, NYC
February 28, 2023

"Beautiful You Are" was commissioned by Americas Society with a grant from the New York State Council on the Arts with support from the office of the Governor and the New York State Legislature.

Quam Pulchra Es and Beautiful You Are: poetry from the Song of Solomon and by Kenneth Patchen

Scott Anderson's arrangement for my trio Threeds

Villa Lobos  Etude No. 5

Performance by Diana Doherty, Alexandre Oguey and Ben Hoadley at the International Double Reed Society Conference in Bagngok, Thailand, July 2023.
This work was commissioned by the Australian Double Reed Society, and score is available through www.adrs.com.au

La Lutine - Variations after Kirnberger for oboe, cor anglais and bassoon

1. Maestoso, Allegretto
2. Allegretto
3. Moderato assai

Performed by Louise Hwang, Emma Wu and Francesca Orchard-Hall in the final round of the New Zealand National Schools Chamber Music Contest in Wellington, August 6 2018. Their performance received the Gold Medal, People's Choice and Best Performance of a NZ Work awards. Recorded by Radio NZ Concert FM.

Trio for two oboes and cor anglais

Silk Water for piano left hand (1992) was composed and premiered by Leon Fleisher, who also toured with the piece world-wide. It was inspired by swimming in the (Atlantic) ocean, feeling the textured silk-like water. 
This recording comes from Jean Hasse's CD, kinkh, VM CD-101, and the score is also for sale. Please see www.visible-music.com

J.Hasse - Silk Water for piano left hand

Rondo/Weber From Romanza recording, 2008, Nadina Mackie Jackson with Toronto Chamber Orchestra conducted by Nicolas McGegan

Villa Lobos Etude No. 5

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