Echoes of Normandy (1994) (reviews)
for dramatic tenor, pre-recorded tape, organ and orchestra
Text: Longfellow, Richard Nicskon, Louis Simpson (E)
FP: June 15, 1994, Myerson Center, Dallas, Texas. Edward Cook, tenor; Paul Riedo, organ; Dallas Symphony Orchestra conducted by Andrew Litton
Four Songs of the Night (1955) 8'
for soprano and 13 instruments
Text: Richard Nickson
1. O shade of evening
2. A star fell in flames
3. Fall to the night wind
4. On eastern hills
FP: April 19, 1955, Piccolo Teatro Duse, Genoa, Italy, Martha Thomson, soprano; Collegium Musicum Januese conducted by Mario Barbieri
See also Songs of the Night under Song cycles and solo vocal works
Symphony No. 4 "Memorial Candles" (1985) 60' (reviews) (sound clips)
for mezzo-soprano, violin, and orchestra
Text: Nelly Sachs
FP: October 10, 1985, McFarlin Auditorium, Dallas, Texas Zehava Gal, soprano; Pinchas Zukerman, violin; Dallas Symphony Orchestra conducted by Eduardo Mata
The Trumpet of the Swan (1972)
for narrator and orchestra see Orchestral works
Visions of Poets (1961) 48'
Dramatic cantata for soprano and tenor soloists, chorus, and orchestra
Text: Walt Whitman
FP: May 15, 1962, Seattle Opera House, Seattle, Washington, Adele Addison soprano; Albert da Costa, tenor; Seattle Symphony Orchestra and Seattle Chorale conducted by Milton Katims