(2021)
Mixed Chorus a cappella
(10:00 approx.)
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(2019)
Mixed Chorus a cappella
(10:00 approx.)
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(2018)
Mixed Chorus a cappella
(14:04 approx.)
DEDIQUE COR MEUM (1:06)
EST ET ALIAS INFIRMITAS PESSIMA (2:35)
VERTI ME (3:55)
OMNIA FLUMINA (3:33)
DULCE LUMEN (2:55)
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(2017)
(10:27 approx.)
Soprano voice and piano
A CLEAR MIDNIGHT (Walt Whitman) (2:17)
THIS IS JUST TO SAY (William Carlos Williams) (0:36)
IN THE SUMMER (Nizar Qabbani) (1:48)
MY LOVER ASKS ME (Nizar Qabbani) (1:02)
SONG OF SHATTERING (Edna St. Vincent Millay) (2:38)
AT AN INN IN ENGLAND (Epigrams on Windows) (Jonathan Swift) (0:48)
EBB (Edna St. Vincent Millay) (1:12)
(2010-ongoing)
A cappella chorus
SELF-PORTRAIT (Olivia Rose Massaro Jurcisin) (0:54)
THE LOCUST TREE IN FLOWER (William Carlos Williams) (1:14)
IF IT WEREN'T FOR YOU, TEACHER (Olivia Rose Massaro Jurcisin) (1:12)
LIGHT IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN THE LANTERN (Nizar Qabbani) (2:42)
SPRING (William Blake) (1:16)
INTRODUCTION TO SONGS OF INNOCENCE (William Blake)
(1994-2013; final revision, 2020)
Mezzo-Soprano voice and piano; poetry by William Carlos Williams (21:12)
THE WANDERER: ADVENT (2009-2012) (4:08)
PASTORAL (2013) (3:14)
THE BARE TREE (1995-2012) (1:36)
TO HAVE DONE NOTHING (2011) (1:30)
THE WIDOW'S LAMENT in SPRINGTIME (2010) (5:25)
THE DEFECTIVE RECORD (2004) (1:35)
THIS IS JUST TO SAY (2004) (0:37)
JERSEY LYRIC (2012) (1:24)
PASTORAL (2013) (1:40)
(Grayed-out titles have been removed from the cycle as part of the 2020 revision.)
(2010)
Men's chorus TTB from Zechariah 4:6 (3:09)
(1994)
Mezzo soprano voice and cello on text of Sappho (6:06)
First performance by Katherine Mallon-Day, mezzo soprano and Mary Riles, cello, April 24, 1994, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
(1991-1993)
Text by Denise Levertov (25:00)
3333 42211, timpani (2), percussion (3), harp (2-4), piano (doubling celesta), soprano voice, strings
(1990)
Tenor voice, flute (doubling alto, bass, and piccolo), guitar, cello, and percussion (45:00)
First performance by William Mayo (tenor), Rachell Yeager (flutes), James Hontz (guitar), Dale Root (cello), Marc Abram and Stephen Dinion (percussion) Mark Jurcisin (piano).
Conducted by Michael Johns.
February 28, 1992, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania