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Composers of the Week 20th-century American Song

on BBC Radio 3

Brian Morton contrasts one of the most substantial of Ned Rorem 's song cycles - Women's Voices - with other American songs written from a woman's perspective. The programme includes settings of some of America's most distinguished writers - Gertrude Stein , Marianne Moore , Adrienne Rich and Emily Dickinson. Farwell Wild Nights, Wild Nights Cynthia Haymon (soprano), Warren Jones (piano)
Virgil Thomson Two by Marianne Moore William Sharp (baritone), Steven Blier (piano)
Aaron Jay Kemis Stein Times Seven Jan De Gaetani (mezzo), Gilbert Kalish (piano)
Barbara Kolb The Sentences
Rosalind Rees (soprano), David Starobin (guitar)
Ned Rorem Women's Voices
Catherine Ciesinski (mezzo), the Composer (piano)
Paul Bowles April Fool Baby: Letter to Freddie; My Sister's Hand in Mine William Sharp (baritone), Steven Blier (piano)
Lora Aborn Tis Winter Now
Jennifer Lamore (mezzo), Antoine Palloc (piano)
Ruth Crawford Seeger Joy Jan DeGaetani (mezzo), Gilbert Kalish (piano) Lee Hoiby A Letter
Richard Duke Heart We Will
Forget Him
Jennifer Lamore (mezzo), Antoine Palloc (piano)
Repeated next Tuesday 11.30pm

Contributors

Unknown:
Brian Morton
Unknown:
Ned Rorem
Unknown:
Gertrude Stein
Unknown:
Marianne Moore
Unknown:
Adrienne Rich
Unknown:
Emily Dickinson.
Soprano:
Cynthia Haymon
Piano:
Warren Jones
Piano:
Virgil Thomson
Unknown:
Marianne Moore
Baritone:
William Sharp
Piano:
Steven Blier
Piano:
Aaron Jay Kemis
Unknown:
Jan De Gaetani
Piano:
Gilbert Kalish
Piano:
Barbara Kolb
Soprano:
Rosalind Rees
Guitar:
David Starobin
Guitar:
Ned Rorem
Unknown:
Catherine Ciesinski
Piano:
Paul Bowles
Baritone:
William Sharp
Piano:
Steven Blier
Piano:
Lora Aborn
Unknown:
Jennifer Lamore
Piano:
Antoine Palloc
Unknown:
Jan Degaetani
Piano:
Gilbert Kalish
Piano:
Lee Hoiby
Unknown:
Richard Duke
Unknown:
Jennifer Lamore
Piano:
Antoine Palloc

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