Late Afternoon
Six Songs for Mezzo Soprano
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SKU: CF.VF15
Six Songs for Mezzo Soprano. Composed by Ricky Ian Gordon. SWS. Performance Score. With Standard notation. 48 pages. Carl Fischer Music #VF15. Published by Carl Fischer Music (CF.VF15).ISBN 9780825859380. UPC: 798408059385. 9 X 12 inches. Text: Marie Howe; Jean Valentine; Jane Kenyon. Jane Kenyon, Jean Valentine.
This is a heartfelt cycle of songs by Ricky Ian Gordon set the poetry of three important American poets, Jane Kenyon, Jean Valentine and Marie Howe. After a major personal loss, Gordon turned to the poetry of these women who speak of loss and death in a way that he found particularly consoling. The songs are beautifully written for a medium voice with Gordon’s usual care. A dissonant and colorful keyboard part is a great enhancement to the generally reflective tone of the music. Gordon’s moving setting of the late Jane Kenyon’s heartbreaking Let Everyone Come is destined to be a recital classic. Late Afternoon was commissioned by Tisch Center of the Arts at the 92nd Street Y and was made possible with funds provided by the Mary Flagler Charitable Trust.
Song List (6)
- 1. Otherwise [Text by Jane Kenyon]
- 2. Willi, Home [Text by Jean Valentine]
- 3. X [Text by Jean Valentine]
- 4. Just Now [Text by Marie Howe]
- 5. What the Living Do [Text by Marie Howe]
- 6. Let Evening Come [Text by Jane Kenyon]