Pictures of the Floating World
in six movements Instrumentation: Soprano and Piano Completed: August 30, 2008, rev. August 22, 2009 Commissioned by: the Lotte Lehmann Foundation, Linn Maxwell, President Duration: 18 minutes Text: from Pictures of the Floating World and Sword Blades and Poppy Seed by Amy Lowell (1874-1925) Premiered: February 14, 2009, by Katharine Dain, soprano, and Jeanne-Minette Cilliers, piano at the Lincoln Center Library, New York, NY
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Commissioned as a result of first prize in the 2007 ASCAP / Lotte Lehmann Foundation Art Song CompetitionAudio
I. "The Garden by Moonlight"(Annamarie Zmolek, soprano; Zachary Wadsworth, piano)
II. "Opal"(Annamarie Zmolek, soprano; Zachary Wadsworth, piano)
IV. "Storm-Racked"(Annamarie Zmolek, soprano; Zachary Wadsworth, piano)
V. "Aubade"(Annamarie Zmolek, soprano; Zachary Wadsworth, piano)
Performances (4)
| February 14, 2009, 3:00 pm (premiere) | Katharine Dain, soprano; Jeanne-Minette Cilliers, piano Bruno Walter Auditorium, Lincoln Center Library, New York, NY |
| February 22, 2009, 8:00 pm | Judith Kellock, soprano; Zachary Wadsworth, piano Barnes Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY |
| March 11, 2010, 8:00 pm (1st and 5th songs only) | Nicole Mitchell, soprano; Michael Fennelly, piano Galapagos Art Space, Brooklyn, NY |
| April 9, 2010, 5:30 pm (premiere, revised version) | Annamarie Zmolek, soprano; Zachary Wadsworth, piano Lillian H. Duncan Recital Hall, Rice University, Houston, TX |