21st Century Emily: Sung Poems by Emily Dickinson

Recitative | Tom Cipullo (b. 1956)
I’m Nobody! Who are You? | Jake Heggie (b. 1961)
Moto perpetuo | Tom Cipullo (b. 1956)
Arietta parlante | Tom Cipullo (b. 1956)
Fame | Jake Heggie (b. 1961)
Bee, I’m expecting you! | Ricky Ian Gordon (b. 1956)
How happy is the little stone | Ricky Ian Gordon (b. 1956)
Epilogue (Nature the gentlest mother is) | Top Cipullo (b. 1956)
The Moon is Distant from the Sea | Emily Lau (b. 1984)
If all the griefs I am to have | Ricky Ian Gordon (b. 1956)
I cannot be ashamed | Joshua Shank (b. 1980)
Cantilena I | Tom Cipullo (b. 1956)
That It Will Never Come Again | Emily Lau (b. 1984)
Aria (Wonder is not precisely knowing) | Tom Cipullo (b. 1956)
Coranto (Forbidden fruit a flavor has) | Tom Cipullo (b. 1956)
You cannot put a fire out | Ricky Ian Gordon (b. 1956)
Wild Nights | Daron Aric Hagen (b. 1961)
Good morning, midnight | André Previn (b. 1929)
As imperceptibly as grief | André Previn (b. 1929)
Heart, we will forget him! | Jocelyn Hagen (b. 1980)
The Grave My Little Cottage Is | Emily Lau (b. 1984)
When I was small, a Woman died | Larry Alan Smith (b. 1955)
They dropped like Flakes | Larry Alan Smith (b. 1955)
It feels a shame to be Alive | Larry Alan Smith (b. 1955)
The bustle in a house | Ricky Ian Gordon (b. 1956)
Will There Really be a Morning | Craig Hella Johnson (b. 1962)
Poor little heart | Ricky Ian Gordon (b. 1956)
Bind me | Joshua Shank (b. 1980)
Sweet Mountains | Adam Jacob Simon (b. 1987)
That I did always love | Jake Heggie (b. 1961)
I Shall Keep Singing! | Emily Lau (b. 1984)

Piano interludes, solos, and improvisations will be performed at various points during the concert, connecting and reflecting conversation.

“O’Regan’s intentions and realization of the texts speak for themselves through artful, consistently engaging choral writing.” – David Vernier, CLASSICSTODAY.COM

“This music for chorus and strings is of unearthly beauty.“– Jeff Simon, THE BUFFALO NEWS