Asphodel (Fine, Vivian)

		Composition Year 1988 Genre Categories Songs; For voice, flute, clarinet, percussion, violin, viola, cello, piano; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the soprano voice; Scores featuring the flute; Scores featuring the clarinet; Scores featuring percussion soloists; Scores featuring the violin; Scores featuring the viola; Scores featuring the cello; Scores featuring the piano; For voices with solo instruments; English language

Performances

• Recordings (1)

Recordings

 Complete performance
*#246006 - 23.15MB - 12:38 -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - - !N/!N/!N - 80x⇩

MP3 file (audio)
rhymesandchymes (2012/8/9)

Performers:

Maria Tegzes, soprano; Leone Buyse, flute; William Wizesien, clarinet; Nancy Cirrilo, violin; Katherine Murdock, viola; Kim Scholes, cello; Dean Anderson, percussion; Sally Pinkas, piano, Richard Pittman, conductor.

Publisher Info.:

Vivian Fine Estate

Copyright:

Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives 3.0 [tag/del]

Misc. Notes:

Recorded live April 10, 1989, Kathryn Bache Miller Theater, New York. The first section (3 minutes) is marred by clicking but the rest of the piece is OK. This is the only extant recording.

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Sheet Music

• Scores (1)

Scores

 Complete score
*#177728 - 4.38MB, 33 pp. -  0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (0) - !N/!N/!N - 232x⇩

PDF scanned by Paul Hawkins
rhymes&chymes (2012/2/11)

Publisher Info.:

Vivian Fine Estate

Copyright:

Performance Restricted Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives 1.0 [tag/del]

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General Information

Work Title	Asphodel
Alternative Title

Composer	Fine, Vivian
Year/Date of Composition	1988
First Performance	1989-04-10 in New York, Kathryn Bache Miller Theater Maria Tegzes, soprano Leone Buyse, flute: William Wrzesien, clarinet; Nancy Cirillo, violin; Katherine Murdock, viola; Kim Scholes, cello; Dean Anderson, percussion; Sally Pinkas, piano; Richard Pittman, conductor
Librettist	William Carlos Williams (1883–1963)
Language	English
Average Duration	13 minutes
Piece Style	Modern
Instrumentation	Soprano, flute, clarinet, violin, viola, cello, percussion, piano
External Links	Vivian Fine website

Misc. Comments

Commissioned by the Boston Musica Viva

Review

The text for the piece is about a long marriage and its weathering of storms; the lines come from a poem by William Carlos Williams. The speaker of the lines is apparently a man; he draws a comparison between himself and Orpheus, who went to hell for love’s sake. But in Fine’s music the singer becomes a coloratura soprano. The storms go by quickly, and the singer vocalizes flowering melismas of reconciliation over music that lifts the voice and wafts it like a gentle breeze. It’s a lovely piece, and Marla Tegzes sang it with sympathy and virtuosity.

—Richard Dyer, The Boston Globe, April 22, 1989