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- Yehudi Wyner
The Second Madrigal: Voices of Women (1999)
- Associated Music Publishers Inc (World)
- fl, ob, cl, bn, hn, perc, 2vn, va, vc, db
- Soprano
- 26 min
Programme Note
Movements:
I. Getting Up in Winter (Emperor Ch'ien-wen of Liang)
II. In the Morning (Steve Kowit)
III. Morning (Chu Shu Chen)
IV. When He Pressed His Lips (Steve Kowit)
V. The Second Madrigal (Anna Swir)
VI. Thank You, My Fate (Anna Swir)
VII. Cosmetics Do No Good (Steve Kowit)
VIII. The Greatest Love (Anna Swir)
IX. Hopelessness (Li Ch'ing-chao)
X. Question (May Swenson)
Texts from A Book of Luminous Things, an international anthology of poetry edited by Czeslaw Milosz.
Commissioned by 20th Century Unlimited, Santa Fe.
Related Works
The Second Madrigal (for soprano and piano)
I. Getting Up in Winter (Emperor Ch'ien-wen of Liang)
II. In the Morning (Steve Kowit)
III. Morning (Chu Shu Chen)
IV. When He Pressed His Lips (Steve Kowit)
V. The Second Madrigal (Anna Swir)
VI. Thank You, My Fate (Anna Swir)
VII. Cosmetics Do No Good (Steve Kowit)
VIII. The Greatest Love (Anna Swir)
IX. Hopelessness (Li Ch'ing-chao)
X. Question (May Swenson)
Texts from A Book of Luminous Things, an international anthology of poetry edited by Czeslaw Milosz.
Commissioned by 20th Century Unlimited, Santa Fe.
Related Works
The Second Madrigal (for soprano and piano)
Media
The Second Madrigal: Voices of Women: I. Getting Up In Winter
The Second Madrigal: Voices of Women: II. In the Morning
The Second Madrigal: Voices of Women: III. Morning
The Second Madrigal: Voices of Women: IV. When He Pressed His Lips
The Second Madrigal: Voices of Women: V. the Second Madrigal
The Second Madrigal: Voices of Women: VI. Thank You My Fate
The Second Madrigal: Voices of Women: VII. Cosmetis Do No Good
The Second Madrigal: Voices of Women: VIII. the Greatest Love
The Second Madrigal: Voices of Women: IX. Hopelessness
The Second Madrigal: Voices of Women: X. Question
Scores
Reviews
The Second Madrigal for soprano and piano offers a profound exploration of the Eternal Feminine, the examinations of physical beauty and its transience in turns engaging, exasperating, wise, and wistful.
29th April 2014
Discography
- LabelBridge
- Catalogue Number9134
- ConductorYehudi Wyner
- EnsembleChamber Ensemble
- SoloistDominique Labelle (Soprano)
