Late Afternoon

Late Afternoon

Ricky Ian Gordon

This is a heartfelt cycle of songs by Ricky Ian Gordon set the poetry of three important American poets, Jane Kenyon, Jean Valentine and Marie Howe. After a major personal loss, Gordon turned to the poetry of these women who speak of loss and death in a way that he found particularly consoling. The songs are beautifully written for a medium voice with Gordon�s usual care. A dissonant and colorful keyboard part is a great enhancement to the generally reflective tone of the music. Gordon�s moving setting of the late Jane Kenyon�s heartbreaking Let Everyone Come is destined to be a recital classic. Late Afternoon was commissioned by Tisch Center of the Arts at the 92nd Street Y and was made possible with funds provided by the Mary Flagler Charitable Trust.

Publisher: Carl Fischer Music
Instrumentation: Soprano, Piano
Pages: 48
Format: Performance
UPC: 798408059385
ISBN: 9780825859380
Item No: VF15

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