In the two reminiscences which frame this set, A Garret of Old Playthings and Even the Moon Remembers, the blurred outlines of memory are reflected in Sandburg's enigmatic lyrics and shadowy piano accompaniment. In the central song, Changing Light Winds, the soprano's linear serenity soars above the piano's restless waves of sound. The poet's wry wit is evident in God is No Gentleman and Spring Grass, which are as mischievous and irregular musically as they are poetically.
I. A Garret of Old Playthings
II. God Is No Gentleman
III. Changing Light Winds
IV. Spring Grass
V. Even the Moon Remembers
This is the earliest work in my catalog — open-hearted songs which always remind me of my friend Janet Youngdahl, for whom they were written.
Complete Work:
Janet Youngdahl and Elizabeth Alexander ~ The College of Wooster * Premiere
Susan Craft and Genevieve Jones ~ University of Wisconsin-Madison
Cheryl Coker and Gail Olszewski ~ University of Minnesota
Janet Youngdahl and Vivian Montgomery ~ Vanderbilt University
Selections:
Harriet McCleary and Jason Alfred ~ Bloomington Center for the Arts (Bloomington, MN)
Kristen Park and Elizabeth Alexander ~ Woman's Works Concert (Ithaca, NY)
Linda Larson and Christopher Morgan Loy ~ CRS Barn Studio (Ithaca, NY)
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