American Songs

GEORGE GERSHWIN

1

'I got rhythm' from Girl Crazy (1930)

1:57

(arr. Peter Dickinson)

Text: Ira Gershwin

ELLIOTT CARTER

Three Poems of Robert Frost

2

'Dust of Snow'

1:12

3

'The Rose Family'

1:28

4

'The Line Gang'

1:47

Premiere recording. Texts: Robert Frost

AARON COPLAND

5

'In Evening Air' (1966) [piano solo]

2:51

6

'Night Thoughts (Homage to Ives)' (1972) [piano solo]

6:25

Premiere recording

7

'Poet's Song' (1927)

1:38

Premiere recording. Text: E.E. Cummings

ELLIOTT CARTER

8

'Voyage' (1943)

5:19

Premiere recording. Text: Hart Crane

VIRGIL THOMSON

Two by Marianne Moore

9

'English Usage'

2:12

10

'My Crow Pluto'

2:18

Premiere recording. Texts: Marianne Moore

JOHN CAGE

Five Songs for Contralto

11

'Little four paws'

1:25

12

'Little Christmas Tree'

3:09

13

'In just'

1:09

14

'Hist whist'

1:04

15

'Another comes'

1:04

Premiere recording. Texts: E.E. Cummings

VIRGIL THOMSON

16

'Portrait of F.B. (Frances Blood' (1929)

5:44

Text: Gertrude Stein

GEORGE GERSHWIN

17

'A Foggy Day' from A Damsel in Distress (1937)

2:31

18

'Thay all laughed' from Shall We Dance (1937)

2:23

(arr. Peter Dickinson)

Texts: Ira Gershwin

AARON COPLAND

from Twelve Poems of Emily Dickinson

19

'There came a wind like a bugle'

1:33

20

'Why do they shut me out of Heaven?'

1:52

21

'The world feels dusty'

1:51

22

'Heart, we will forget him'

2:06

23

'Dear March, come in!'

2:07

24

'Sleep is supposed to be'

2:55

25

'I felt a funeral in my brain'

2:09

26

'I've heard an organ talk sometimes'

2:10

27

'Going to Heaven!'

2:37

Texts: Emily Dickinson

Meriel Dickinson (mezzo soprano)

[Tracks 1-4, 7-27]

Peter Dickinson (piano)

[piano]

Everything, apart from the Emily Dickinson Songs,

Emily Dickinson Songs