Research Catalog
Chamber music and songs
- Title
- Chamber music and songs / Walker.
- Author
- Walker, George, 1922-2018.
- Publication
- [Hong Kong] : Naxos, [2010], ©2010.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Audio | Use in library | CD18805 | Off-site |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Green, Patricia (Mezzo-soprano)
- Martin, James (Baritone)
- Walker, George, 1922-2018
- Walker, George, 1922-2018.
- Son Sonora String Quartet, performer. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf
- Capitol Chamber Artists, performer. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf
- Videmus (Musical group), performer. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf
- Cygnus Ensemble, performer. http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/prf
- Description
- 1 audio disc : digital; 4 3/4 in.
- Series Statement
- American classics
- Uniform Title
- Works. Selections
- American classics (Naxos (Sound recording label))
- Alternative Title
- Works.
- Subjects
- Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616 > Musical settings
- Songs (Medium voice) with piano
- Songs (High voice) with instrumental ensemble
- String quartets
- Dickinson, Emily, 1830-1886 > Musical settings
- Dunbar, Paul Laurence, 1872-1906 > Musical settings
- Wyatt, Thomas, Sir, 1503?-1542 > Musical settings
- Octets (English horn, flute, oboe, guitars (2), mandolin, violin, cello)
- Eliot, T. S (Thomas Stearns), 1888-1965 > Musical settings
- Variations (Piano, 4 hands, clarinet)
- Sekula, Irene > Musical settings
- Note
- The 4th work is a set of variations.
- The 1st & 3rd works for string quartet ; the 2nd work for two sopranos, bass, violin (doubling viola), cello, flute, clarinet, guitar, piano (doubling harpsichord), vibraphone (doubling percussion), and percussion ; the 4th for clarinet and piano 4 hands ; the 5th for flute, oboe (doubling English horn), guitar (doubling mandolin), guitar, violin, and cello ; the 6th-8th for mezzo-soprano and piano ; and the 9th & 10th for baritone and piano.
- Program notes by the composer and biographical notes on the performers and composer (6 p. : ill.) inserted in container.
- Event (note)
- Recorded at First Methodist Church, Jersey City, USA, in June (1st work) and August (3rd work) 2008 ; at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, USA, in August 1988 (2nd work) ; at WGBH FM, Boston, USA, in 1994 (4th work) ; at Sarah Lawrecne College, Bronxville, USA, in August 2005 (5th-8th works) ; and at George Walker\u0027s home, Montclair, USA, in August 2008 (9th & 10th works).
- Contents
- String quartet no. 2 (1968 ) (22:01) -- Poem (for soprano and chamber ensemble) (1987) (15:36) / text by T.S. Eliot (1888-1965) -- Lyric for strings ([original] version for string quartet) (1946) (6:25) -- Five fancies (1974) (9:30) -- Modus (for chamber ensemble) (2001) (9:12) -- I never saw a moor (1986) / text by Emily Dickinson (1930-1886) (2:01) -- Response (1940) / text by Paul Laurence Dunbar (1872-1906) (2:26) -- Mother Goose (circa 2054) (1992) / text by Irene Sekula (1:21) -- Take, o take those lips away (2004) / text by William Shakespeare (1564-1616) (2:39) -- And wilt thou leave me thus (2002) / text by Thomas Wyatt (1503-1542) (3:10).
- LCCN
- 636943965924
- 00636943965924
- OCLC
- ocn646106065
- 646106065
- SCSB-5542450
- Owning Institutions
- Columbia University Libraries