Twelve Virelais, Op. 253

Op. 253 TWELVE VIRELAIS (AbbaA), Op. 253
     (April 15, 2016)
     I. GUILLAUME D'AMIENS LE PIEGNEUR
     (WILLIAM OF AMIENS, THE PAINTER, 1220-1270)
         "C'est la fin" ("It's the end")
     II. TROUVERE SONG
          "E, dame jolie" ("Ah, pretty lady")
     III. LAUDE
          "A tutta gente" ("To all people")
     IV. BALLATA
           "Santo Lorenzo" ("St. Lawrence")
     V. JEHAN DE LESCUREL (1270-1330)
          "Dis tans plus" ("Say more than you should")
     VI-VIII. GUILLAUME DE MACHAUT (1300-1377)

          "Douce dame jolie" ("Sweet, Lovely Lady")
          "Comment qu'a moy"
          "Se ma dame"
     IX. GIOVANNI DA FLORENTITIA  (1330-1370)
          "Io son un pellegrin"
     X. GUILLAUME DUFAY (1400-1474)
          "Helas mon Deuil"
     XI. JOHANNES OCKEGHEM (1410-1497)
          "Ma maitress"
     XII. JOSQUIN DES PRES (1450-1521)
          "Bergerette savoyene"


     Score:

Eight Waltzes, Op. 252

Op. 252  EIGHT WALTZES from
ALMA MARIA SCHINDLER MAHLER GROPIUS WERFEL
(April 1, 2016)
I. 1880 - JULIUS VIKTOR BERGER (Alma's Mother's First Lover)
II. 1884 - EMIL JAKOB SCHINDLER (Alma's Father)
III. 1894 - SCHULE (Alma's Education)
IV. 1895 - MAX BURCKHARD / OTTO MAHLER
     (Alma's First Kiss / Gustav's Brother's Suicide)
V. 1897 - GUSTAV KLIMT (Alma's Second Kiss)
VI. 1910 - WALTER GROPIUS / SIGMUND FREUD
     (Alma's First Affair / Mahler's Psychoanalysis)
VII. 1918  - HULDA RESERL / HERMINE MOOS / MARTIN WERFEL
     (Kokoschka's Doll / Alma's Son)
VIII. 1937 - FRANZ WERFEL / CARL ZUCKMAYER /
     FRANZ VON PAPEN / OSKAR KOKOSCHKA
     (Alma's Farewell Party)


Score:

Performance:

May 21, 2016
San Francisco Composers Chamber Orchestra
St. Mark's Lutheran Church, San Francisco, CA