The Circle in the Square: Music for Voice

Music for Voice:
new pieces for chorus
and instruments

by Cliff Crego

(last update: XII.22.2003)

NEW: Intro: RIDGE CROSSING a song sequence for female voice and piano
based on a poem cycle by Cliff Crego [go to text ] [range: (G³⁾C⁴— G⁵]

| PURCHASE SCORE ONLINE: Ridge Crossing |

| go to pages in the score I 1 | 2 | II 1 | (other movements below) |
I: Night-fire watch; II: The afternoon river's roar; III: Waking in wonder;
IV: Walking light; V: The high sheltered space; VI: The north-facing slopes;
VII: Through windflowers...; VIII: A pathless passage; IX: Moving on rhythm;
X: On the edge!: XI: Sight!:: XII: Returning!:; XIII: Coming down;
XIV: Traceless threads; XV: A day rises

| DOWNLOAD PDF of Ridge Crossing: movements I-XV
(57 A4 pages: 840 K) [REQUIRES Acrobat Reader]

| listen to the complete sequence of 15 frames in MP3 format
DOWNLOAD the performance model of RIDGE CROSSING I-XV mp3 [c. 21': 4.8 Mb]"

| Or listen to the complete sequence in streamed RealAudio format |
NEW "LONG LIVE THE WEEDS"
version for mezzo-soprano, alto flute and harp
based on a poem by Theodore Roethke [range: A³ — F#⁵]
go to pages in the score | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 text |

WEEDS: version for voice; alto flute and harp PDF
(8 A4 pages 150 K) [REQUIRES Acrobat Reader]

DOWNLOAD the performance model of "WEEDS" mp3 [600 K]
Intro: "CENTERS" a song for female voice and piano
based on a poem [go to text] by Emily Dickinson [range: G³ — F#⁵]
go to pages in the score | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 text |

| listen to a model of "CENTERS" (3' 36" requires QuickTime)

CENTERS: score PDF (8 A4 pages 118 K) [REQUIRES Acrobat Reader]

DOWNLOAD the performance model of "CENTERS" mp3 [890 K]
NEW: "CENTERS" a song for female voice and piano
based on a poem by Emily Dickinson [range: G³ — F#⁵] (score forthcoming)

DOWNLOAD the performance model of "CENTERS" mp3 [890 K]
NEW: "LONG LIVE THE WEEDS" song for female voice and piano
based on a poem by Theodore Roethke [range: A³ — F#⁵]
go to pages of score | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 [text] |

| listen to a model of "WEEDS" (2' 30" requires QuickTime)

WEEDS: score PDF (5 A4 pages 110 K) [REQUIRES Acrobat Reader]

DOWNLOAD the performance model "WEEDS" mp3 [1 Mb]
Intro: The Shepherd's Purse: six pieces for soprano,oboe (oboe d'amore; english horn) and harp
A new song cycle (c. 20') based on texts by Rainer Maria Rilke, Emily Dickinson, Wendell Berry and
John Haines. Listen to a computer model of "Complaint" (poem), the first movement (c. 4'):

| download PDF of movement I: Complaint (five 11" x 17 "pages (A3))
[requires Acrobat Reader] | [90 K]]

| pages of score movement I 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |

Listen to the second movement, "Heart not so heavy as mine" (Emily Dickinson) (c. 2' 24"):

| download PDF of movement II: Heart not so heavy as mine (seven 11" x 17 "pages (A3))
[requires Acrobat Reader] | [145 K]]

| pages of score movement II 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
NEW Listen to the third (english horn) movement, "The Broken Ground" (Wendell Berry) (c. 3' 30")

| download PDF of movement III: The Broken Ground (four 11" x 17 "pages (A3))
[requires Acrobat Reader] | [80 K]]

| pages of score movement III 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
Listen to the fourth (harp; voice/oboe unsion) movement, "Have you got a Brook . . ."
(Emily Dickinson) (c. 2' 50"):

| download PDF of movement IV: Have you got a Brook... (eleven 11" x 17 "pages (A3))
[requires Acrobat Reader] | [270 K]]

| pages of score movement IV 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 |

Listen to the fifth movement, "A Woman in Love" (Rainer Maria Rilke) (c. 4' 25"): This is
the movement which features the oboe d'amore, played independently -- a lontano -- both in space
and in meter. (There are two separate scores, a and b): The oboe d'amore plays the role of the beloved to
whom the soprano sings. (poem)

| download PDF of movement V: A Woman in Love (score a and b) (two 11" x 17 "pages (A3)
score for oboe d'amore) [requires Acrobat Reader] | [80 K]]

| download PDF of movement V: A Woman in Love (score b) (two 11" x 17 "pages (A3)
score for oboe d'amore) [requires Acrobat Reader] | [80 K]]

| pages of score a (voice and harp) movement V 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | score b (oboe d'amore) movement V 1 | 2 |

NEW Listen to the sixth and final movement, "Shepherd's Purse"
(based on a poem by John Haines) (c. 2' 10")

| download PDF of movement VI: Shepherd's Purse (seven 11" x 17 "pages (A3)
[requires Acrobat Reader] | [140 K]]

| pages of score movement VI: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |

| NEW: download PDF of The Shepherd's Purse: complete (forty 11" x 17 "pages (A3))
[requires Acrobat Reader] | [989 K]]
Intro: Winter Songs: five pieces for mezzo-soprano and violin A new song cycle based on texts
by Rainer Maria Rilke, Emily Dickinson, William Stafford and Wallace Stevens. Listen to a
computer model of "Exposed on the mountains of the heart..." (poem), the first movement (3' 54"):

Listen to the second movement, "The moon was but a chin of gold", (Emily Dickinson) (c. 3'):

Listen to the third movement, "Learning" (William Stafford) (c. 4'):

Listen to the fourth movement, "The Snow" (Emily Dickinson) (c. 4'):

Listen to the fifth movement, "The Snow Man" (Wallace Stevens) (c. 4'):

| NEW: download PDF of movement I: Exposed on the mountains of the heart (five 11" x 17 "pages (A3))
[requires Acrobat Reader] | [118 K]]

| NEW: download PDF of movement II: The moon was but a chin of gold (six 11" x 17 "pages (A3))
[requires Acrobat Reader] | [133 K]]

| NEW: download PDF of movement III: Learning (four 11" x 17 "pages (A3))
[requires Acrobat Reader] | [82 K]]

| NEW: download PDF of movement IV: The Snow (five 11" x 17 "pages (A3))
[requires Acrobat Reader] | [148 K]]

| NEW: download PDF of movement V: The Snow Man (three 11" x 17 "pages (A3))
[requires Acrobat Reader] | [148 K]]

| NEW: download PDF of Winter Songs: complete (twenty-three 11" x 17 "pages (A3))
[requires Acrobat Reader] | [540 K]]

| pages of score movement I 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | movement II 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |

| pages of score movement III 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | movement III 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | movement V 1 | 2 | 3 |
Intro: "I should not dare to leave my friend" (for double choir of 2 x 12 female voices; and
double choirs of 4 flutes (2 x C; alto; bass) and harps. Based on a poem by Emily Dickinson.)

| listen to a simple computer model of I should not dare... [requires QuickTime *] |

| download PDF of I should not dare . . . (twenty-one 11' by 17" (A3) pages)
[requires Acrobat Reader * *]
Intro: Everything is... (for double choir of 2 x 12 female voices; and double choir of
2 x 6 brass instruments (3 tp; 2 hn; 1 alto tb). Based on a poem by Anna Akhmatova.)
Intro: Lament (for double choir of 2 x 12 female voices; also version with 12 brass instruments)
Based on a poem by Rainer Maria Rilke.)

| listen to a simple computer model of Lament... [requires QuickTime] |

| download PDF of Lament for Double Choir (seven 11' by 17" (A3) pages)
[requires Acrobat Reader]
Soybean Pie! (for double children's choir and percussion instruments)
go to pages of the score | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
go to text of rhyming poem, Soybean Pie!

| NEW: Download PDF of score and poem Soybean Pie!: pdf [seven 11" x 17" (A3) pages 136 K]

| NEW: Download MP3 of a percussion perormance model of Soybean Pie!: mp3 [1.4 Mb]
The Fire That Consumes My Brother: A War Elegy (A piece composed to
commemorate the war dead on both sides of the Vietnam Conflict, for mixed chorus (6;6;5;5)
with six brass instruments (2 tp; 2 hn; 2 tb) and organ: a selection of 3 pages from a score of 22)

"O when will this suffering end?
In whose name do you destroy?

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| About Cliff Crego | go to Circle/Square: Download to download ETFs |

| Other websites by Cliff Crego: picture-poems.com | The Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke | Dutch Poetry: *r2c* |

Look for new additions every week.

Created and maintained in Northwest Ohio, USA.
(Last update: XII.18.2003)
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