Light & Dark

Billy Collins, Kahil Gibran, Richard Rigers, Langston Hughes, Emily Dickinson, Thomas Moore, Sodo, Ryuho, Rolf Jacobson, Mother Goose & Ralph Waldo Emerson

Symphonic wind ensemble*, spoken voice (recorded or live), optional dance and projected imagery

Libby Larsen

Baritone, prepared piano*

Ancient Egyptian tr. Dr. John L. Foster

Baritone, piano

Katherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anne of Cleves & Katherine Howard

Soprano, piano

Four-hand piano

Albrecht Haushofer tr. M.D. Herter Norton

Two sopranos, tenor, bass baritone, chamber orchestra: 2d1,1,1,1/2,1,0,0/perc*/pno/str.

Solo flute

Brass choir: 2 trumpets, 4 horns, 3 trombones, 2 tubas

Trombone, 2 percussion*

Anonymous 18th Century text tr. Lady Augusta Gregory

Soprano, piano

Piano duo

Patricia Hampl

Soprano and tenor solo, SATB chorus with solos, chamber orchestra

William Shakespeare*

2 violas, recorded voice

Egyptian Hieroglyphics tr. John L. Foster

Baritone, piano

Martha Cooper, Ted Berrigan, Alicia Vasquez & Anonymous

Mezzo-soprano, viola, piano

Texts by young people

SA chorus, speaker, Orff instrumentarium*, full orchestra: 2d1,2,2,2/2,2,2+bs tmbn,1/timp/2 perc**/hp/str.

Calamity Jane

Soprano, piano

May Sarton

Soprano, chamber ensemble: english horn, harp, bass marimba, string quintet

Dima Hilal & Sekeena Shaben

Soprano, string quartet

Dima Hilal & Sekeena Shaben

Soprano, 3 percussion*, celeste, string orchestra.

Bethany Ringdal adpt. Libby Larsen

Baritone, piano

Chamber orchestra: 1dpicc,1,1dbs cl,1dcbsn/1,1,0,0,/timp/perc*/synth/str, optional visuals

For Piccolo or Flute, Violin, Cello, and Piano