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Mad Regales for 6 solo voices

on Poems of John Ashbery

  • Year
    2007
  • Duration
    9'
  • Category
    Choral
Instrumentation
S.M.A.T.Bar.B
Dedication
To Ellen Highstein
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Hendon Music (Boosey & Hawkes)
Manuscripts
Paul Sacher Stiftung
Text Author
John Ashbery (English)
Songs
See below
  1. 8 Haiku
  2. Meditations of a Parrot
  3. At North Farm
Premiere
Jul 22, 2008/ Tanglewood Music Center Fellows / James Levine/ Tanglewood Music Cener, Lenox, MA
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After composing Syringa in 1978 on a poem of John Ashbery, I have frequently returned to his poetry with the hope of finding texts that suggested musical settings. On learning that there might be a performance of some of my old choral works, and having heard how skillful modern choruses are, I decided to compose an a capella vocal sextet on three Ashbery poems that attracted my attention, partly because of their sardonic humor (suggesting the title, Mad Regales) that implies a deeper undertone.

– Elliott Carter
Recordings (1)
  • Music of Elliott Carter, Volume Eight - 16 Compositions (2002-2009)
    Bridge Records 9314 A/B (2010)
    Martin Owen, horn | BBC Symphony Orchestra, Oliver Knussen, conductor | BBC Singers | New England Conservatory Percussion Ensemble, Frank Epstein, conductor | Leigh Melrose, baritone (+16)
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