Poet As Muse: Music For Flute, Clarinet & Voice
) | Label: CENTAUR Catalog: CRC3568 Format: COMPACT DISC Johnston, Elissa; Cox, Mary Jo; Cowan White, Joanna; Watson, Tracy; White, Kennen; Abo, TakeshiThis is an album of works of the 20th Century for Flute, Clarinet, and Voice, also featuring piano, harpsichord, and viola. All of the musical compositions are based upon first-rate works of poetry. The compositions by composers such as Aaron Copland, Marilyn Biery, Cornelius Boots, Jay Batzner, and David Biedenbender feature text by poems such as “As It Fell Upon a Day,” by Richard Barnefield, “Provincetown, August,” by Terry Blackhawk, and even classics in the literature canon such as Canterbury Tales and works by William Shakespeare. This programme was recorded in 2015 at the Staples Family Concert Hall at Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan. The artists are Central Michigan University Music School faculty, and the project was funded by a Creative and Scholarly Support Grant from the university.  Price: $25.98 |