1d(pic/a.fl) 1d(E.hn) 1d(b.cl) 1 - 1 1 1 0 - hp. pf. 2 perc. - strings: 6 5 3 3 2 (minimum), soprano solo

"Uniforms of Snow" is a work in progress. It is part of a long-term project titled the "The Emily Dickinson Songbook". Inspired by the lieder of Robert Schumann, each song is composed around a central musical metaphor that allows a more direct connection to an emotional center. Because of their essentially strophic nature, the songs were originally subtitled "urban folk songs". This series is open-ended; the only structural precondition is to eventually organize them in a series of books, each containing six songs with instrumental interludes.Full Program Notes

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1. Intrada and Song Without Words
2. Love can do all but raise the Dead
3. Oh, honey of an hour
4. I held a Jewel in my fingers
5. Interlude 1
6. There is a solitude of space
7. Out of Sight? What of that?
8. "Hope" is the thing with feathers
9. There is a pain so utter
10. Interlude 2
11. Epilogue: Little Cousins

Commissioned by Dr. W. Howard Hoffman

First Performance: January 24, 2003, Lucy Shelton, soprano, Cleveland Chamber Symphony, Virko Baley, conductor

Materials on Rental TNP 1014