The songs are listed alphabetically by the poets whose texts were used. The living poets are marked with an asterisk.
The following abbreviations will be used:
- SOP=Soprano voice MSOP=Mezzo Soprano voice BAR=Baritone voice TEN=Tenor voice
- Accompaniment instruments: PNO=Piano CL=Clarinet AFL=Alto flute FH=French Horn VLA=Viola VC=Violincello STR4=String Quartet STR4/PN/BS/PE=String Quartet, piano, double bass and percussion.
| Poet / Song | Voice / Accompaniment | Duration |
|---|---|---|
ANDERSON, WILLIAM | ||
| Pantoum For A Dancer | SOP / PNO | 07:00 Play |
BLAKE, WILLIAM (The Songs Of Innocence) | ||
| The Angel | SOP / PNO & SOP / STR4 / PN / BS / PE | 04:15 Play |
| The Cradle Song | SOP / PNO | 04:30 Play |
| Infant Joy | SOP / STR4 / PN / DB / PE | 03:15 Play |
| The Lamb | SOP / PNO (also choral versions for SSA and SA) | 03:49 Play |
| The Piper | SOP / PNO | 01:45 Play |
| Spring | SOP / AFL | 04:40 Play |
| NOTE: The songs The Angel and Infant Joy are suitable for both the classical singer and the jazz vocalist. | ||
BOLES, JESSICA* | ||
| The One | SOP / PNO | 05:00 |
| My Sound | SOP / PNO | 05:00 |
CHAPLIN, JOHN* | ||
| Spring | SOP / CL | 03:35 Play |
CHINESE POETS (English translation)
| | |
| Six Modal Songs on Chinese Verse | SOP / PNO | 07:14 Play |
| Stars and Moon On The River | SOP / PNO | 04:00 |
CHITTY, LYNNE* | ||
| Sitting In The Blue Chapel: Ash Wednesday 1999 | SOP / PNO | 06:30 Play |
CRAMPTON, PATRICIA* | ||
| Whitsun Mukabeleh | SOP / CL | 06:15 Play |
CUMMINGS, EE | ||
| When God Lets My Body Be | SOP / PNO | 03:00 Play |
| Sweet Spring | SOP / PNO | 04:00 Play |
| These Children Singing In Stone | SOP / PNO & SOP / STR4 / PNO / DB / PE | 03:10 Play |
| Sam Was a Man | SOP / PNO & STR4 / PNO / DB / PE | 02:48 Play |
| Tumbling Hair* | SOP / PNO & SOP / STR4 / PNO / DB / PE | 01:30 Play |
| The Balloon Man (in just-spring)* | SOP / STR4 / PNO / DB / PE | 01:50 Play |
| Little Kittens (where did you go)* | SOP / STR4 / PNO / DB / PE | 03:05 Play |
| A Keen City (who knows if…)* | SOP / STR4 / PNO / DB / PE | 03:50 Play |
| Enter Us (little man in a hurry)* | SOP / STR4 / PNO / DB / PE | 02:50 Play |
| Maggie And Milly And Molly And May* | SOP / STR4 / PNO / DB / PE | 01:45 Play |
| Until* | SOP / STR4 / PNO / DB / PE | 06:48 Play |
| NOTE: The songs When God Lets My Body Be and Sweet Spring are suitable only for a classical singer. The songs These Children Singing in Stone, Tumbling Hair and Sam Was A Man are suitable for both the classical singer and the jazz vocalist. The remaining songs are suitable only for the jazz vocalist. In the recordings marked with an asterisk the singer is accompanied only by piano, bass and percussion. The arrangements with a string quartet have yet to be performed and recorded. | ||
D’ANGELO, JAMES* | ||
| The Sacred Clown | SOP / PNO | 12:00 |
FROST, ROBERT | ||
| Acquainted With The Night | SOP / PNO | 03:15 |
HYMNS OF THE RIG VEDA (in English translation) | ||
| Hymn To The Dawn | SOP / PNO | 05:15 Play |
| Hymn Of Purification | SOP / PNO | 04:00 Play |
| Hymn Of The Sound Of Truth | SOP / PNO | 07:00 Play |
| Hymn Of The One Work | SOP / PNO | 04:55 Play |
KARBANOVA, KARIN* | ||
| The Whirling Butterfly | SOP / CL | 04:30 Play |
LINDSAY, VACHEL | ||
| The Jazz Of This Hotel | SOP / PNO & SOP / STR4 / PNO / DB / PE | 03:05 Play |
| NOTE: The Jazz Of This Hotel is suitable for both the classical singer and the jazz vocalist. In the recording it is sung by a jazz vocalist with piano, bass and percussion. The arrangement with string quartet has yet to be performed or recorded. | ||
LEE, BRIAN* | ||
| Ghost With A Clarinet | SOP / CL | 06:55 Play |
MAYHEW, CHARLOTTE | ||
| Smile, Death | SOP / PNO | 04:45 |
MEHTA, JEHANNE | ||
| Tympanum | MSOP or BAR / PNO | 05:07 Play |
| Listen | MSOP or BAR / PNO | 07:19 Play |
MELVILLE, PEGGY | ||
| I Am, I Know | SOP / PNO | 03:10 Play |
MERTON, THOMAS | ||
| Stranger | SOP or BAR / PNO | 05:53 Play |
| How Long We Wait | SOP or BAR / PNO | 05:50 Play |
| Evening | SOP or BAR / PNO | 05:51 Play |
| Solitude | SOP or BAR / PNO | 05:47 Play |
| Song for Nobody | SOP or BAR / PNO | 03:01 Play |
| In Silence | SOP or BAR / PNO | 05:02 Play |
| Evening Prayer | SOP or BAR / PNO | 05:48 Play |
| I Have Called You | SOP or BAR / PNO | 03:57 Play |
| O Sweet Irrational Worship | SOP or BAR / CL / PNO | 04:40 |
MONROE, JENNA* | ||
| Reclamation | SOP / PNO | 04:00 |
| To Sacajawea | SOP / PNO | 05:00 |
PHILLIPS, LOUIS* | ||
| As If One Could Live On Light Alone | SOP or BAR / CL / PNO | 05:36 Play |
| Night Blindness | SOP or BAR / CL / PNO | 03:24 Play |
POE, EDGAR ALLAN | ||
| The Bells (part 1) | SOP / PNO and SOP / STR4 / DB / PE | 03:00 Play |
| NOTE: The Bells is suitable for both the jazz vocalist and the classical singer. In the recording it is sung by a jazz vocalist with piano, bass and percussion. The arrangement with string quartet has yet to be performed or recorded. | ||
ROBINSON, JEAN | ||
| The Fragile Silence | SOP / PNO | 07:40 |
RUMI | ||
| The Song Of The Reed | SOP / AFL | 07:50 Play |
TRADITIONAL SACRED TEXT | ||
| Pater Noster (The Lord’s Prayer) | BAR or MSOP / STR4 | 08:30 Play |
WHITMAN, WALT | ||
| Elegy (from When Lilacs In The Dooryard Bloom’d | BAR or SOP / PNO | 10:00 Play |
| Whispers of Heavenly Death | SOP or TEN / PNO | 05:22 Play |
| Toward the Unknown Region | SOP or TEN / PNO | 05:51 Play |
| Tears, Tears, Tears | SOP / CL / PNO | 08:02 Play |
| On The Beach At Night | SOP / CL / PNO | 09:15 Play |
| The Mystic Trumpeter | MSOP / FH / VLA / VC | 14:00 |