Six Songs on Poems by Henry W. Longfellow for high voice and piano Op.57 (1997) c.15'00"
I. Hymn To The Night
II. Mezzo Cammin
III. Snow-Flakes
IV. The Haunted Chamber
V. Delia
VI. The Arrow And The Song
Commissioned by the Geraldine and Emory Ford Foundation
Dedicated to Robert White
First performed on February 17th, 1998 at Merkin Concert Hall in New York City by Robert White, tenor with the composer at the piano
RECORDINGS
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REVIEWS
“Lowell Liebermann’s Six “Longfellow” Songs were ingratiating and elegant…Mr. Liebermann can make even two unrelated harmonies in opposition sound sweet.”
The New York Times