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NOTE: There are two versions of Even After All This Time — this one is without clarinet. See sidebar for version with clarinet obbligato. Program Notes Even After All This Time… takes its text from a beautiful quote by 14th century Persian poet, Hafiz, in a translation by Daniel Ladinsky. The text of the piece is simply: Even after all this time,the sun never says to … Read more
Program Notes The title of this piece is a conglomeration of two words: the Italian word ‘tutti’, means ‘all’ or ‘everyone’, and the term ‘tarana’ designates a specific Hindustani (North Indian) musical form, whose closest Western counterpart is the ‘scat’ in jazz. Made up of rhythmic syllables, a tarana is the singer’s chance to display … Read more
Program Notes Carol Muske-Dukes’s poem, White Key, evokes the feeling of suspension. A woman makes the difficult journey by plane back to her home after receiving the news of her husband’s sudden death. As she is suspended in the air between two cities, she is also suspended between two lives, between a beautiful past and the uncertain … Read more
Program Notes Here are the original program notes for this work, written in 2006: The first time I encountered “A Ritual to Read to Each Other” was five years before I wrote this piece, on September 10th, 2001. I remember the date primarily because it marked the first class of my freshman year at Juilliard … Read more