Monday, December 30, 1996

Mice Suite No. 2, op. 53


Op. 53 MICE SUITE NO. 2
(December 30, 1996; New Music, 1996)
Seven Vocables for Soprano, English Horn, Clarinet, and Harp
Seven Vocables for Five Singers (SATBarB),
English Horn, Clarinet, and Harp (1997; New Music, 1997)
I. Breathsong
II. Tartsong I
III. Tartsong II
IV. Dancesong
V. Deathsong I
VI. Deathsong II
VII. Hartsong


Score:

https://imslp.org/wiki/Mice_Suite_No.2%2C_Op.53_(Alburger%2C_Mark)


Performances:

July 10, 1996
Deborah Kavasch,
Ernest Bloch Music Festival, Newport, OR



October 1996
National Association of Composers,
Palo Alto Cultural Center, Palo Alto, CA

March 1, 1997
NEW MUSIC Ensemble
College Music Society, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA

April 20, 2007
Marilyn Pratt and Suzanna Mizell, Sopranos; Carl Koryat, Baritone
San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra
Old First Presbyterian Church, San Francisco, CA

February 16, 2008
Suzanna Mizell, Soprano; Mark Alburger, Electronics / Keyboard
Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: The White Horse
Goat Hall Productions / San Francisco Cabaret Opea
St. Gregory of Nyssa, San Francisco, CA


September 6-7, 12, 14, 2008
Mice Suites
Megan Cullen, Soprano (Boss) / Marilyn Pratt, Soprano (Offstage Soprano)
Suzanna Mizell, Soprano (Curley's Wife) / Maria Mikheyenko, Soprano (Lennie)
Wayne Wong (George) / Mark Alburger, Tenor (Curley)
Goat Hall Productions
Community Music Center, San Francisco, CA

May 27, 2017
The Opus Project presents Opus 53: Essential Existential
Jill Wagoner, Soprano / Mark Alburger, Bass / The Opus Project Orchestra
Center for New Music, 55 Taylor, San Francico, CA


Recording:


DEATHSONGS
(Complete Works, Volume 14)


MICE SUITE NO. 2
Instrumental Version
I. Breathsong
II. Tartsong I
III. Tartsong II
IV. Dancesong
V. Deathsong I
VI. Deathsong II
VII. Hartsong