Songs for the Wind

A cycle of seven songs for Soprano, Tenor, Oboe, Cello, Piano and Percussion - poems by Theodore Roethke - Length: 21’

1. Under a Southern Moon

2. The Harsh Country

3. The Heron

4. Dinky

5. The Sun Declares the Earth

6. The Swan

7. Meditation at Oyster River

Excerpts from “Songs for the Wind” - click titles to listen
from a live performance at Vassar College, 1991, with
Jean McClelland, soprano; Paul Sperry, tenor; Aaron Heick, oboe; Helen kim, cello; Diana Marazzi, piano; Bill Ruyle, percussion; William Appling, conductor

2. The Harsh Country

5. The Sun Declares the Earth

6. The Swan

7. Meditation at Oyster River

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