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        • 2(pic).2(ca).2(bcl).2(cbn)/2.2[(pic tpt)].1.0/2perc/hp/str; trumpets double small percussion
        • Mezzo-soprano; Baritone
        • 28 min

        Programme Note

        Homage to Gustav Mahler one hundred years after his death

        First performance:
        October 11 2012
        Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano
        Nathan Gunn, baritone
        Orpheus
        Carnegie Hall, New York, NY

        Text:
        Written across 1,285 years (701-1983) representing 10 countries

        Khalil Gibran (1883-1931) ARABIA
        Amy Lowell (1874-1925) USA
        Sri Aurobindo (Bengali: Sri Ôrobindo) (1872-1950) INDIA
        Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī (1207-1273) PERSIA
        Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) GERMANY
        William Wordsworth (1770-1850) UK
        Gérard de Nerval (1808-1855) FRANCE
        Wang Wei (701-761) CHINA
        Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (1830-1886) USA
        Uvavnuk an Inuit (Netsilik or Iglooik Eskimo) female shaman (19th century) CANADA
        Matsuo Bashō (1644-1694) JAPAN
        Li Po (China, 701-762) CHINA
        Thomas Lanier "Tennessee" Williams III (1911-1983) USA
        Li Shang-Yin (ca. 813-858) CHINA

        Movements:
        1: flower of our heart
        2: dancing flowers
        3: earth blossoms
        4: petal waterfall
        5: mountain with violets — (no pause) —
        6: earth echoes


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