Acrostic Song is the lullaby-like concluding aria from Final Alice. The text is the seven-verse epilogue poem to Through the Looking Glass, the second of Lewis Carroll's Alice books. The poem is an acrostic; the initial letters of the lines spell out Alice Pleasance Liddell, the name of the real-life Alice for whom Carroll wrote his stories. Arranged for flute and harp by the composer.

Acrostic Song is the lullaby-like concluding aria from Final Alice. The text is the seven-verse epilogue poem to Through the Looking Glass, the second of Lewis Carroll's Alice books. The poem is an acrostic; the initial letters of the lines spell out Alice Pleasance Liddell, the name of the real-life Alice for whom Carroll wrote his stories. Arranged for flute and piano by the composer.

in G Poem by Lewis Carroll.

with Soprano Solo

in A Poem by Lewis Carroll.

HPS 1219

Acrostic Song is the lullaby-like concluding aria from Final Alice. The text is the seven-verse epilogue poem to Through the Looking Glass, the second of Lewis Carroll's Alice books. The poem is an acrostic; the initial letters of the lines spell out Alice Pleasance Liddell, the name of the real-life Alice for whom Carroll wrote his stories. Arranged for flute and piano by the composer.

Texts from Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. Contents: The Pool of Tears · The Mouse's Tail.

David Del Tredici writes: My setting of the 1727 New England Primer's Alphabet might horrify its Puritan author by transforming its simple text into an exuberant tour de force. Its 26 couplets tumble upon one another in tight three-part counterpoint, testing the young performers' range and endurance alike.

Contents: Ilustrated Alice · In Wonderland.

Final Alice is the fifth of six large works for soprano and orchestra based on Lewis Carroll's Alice in Wonderland books. 'Cello Acrostic is an arrangement of Acrostic Song, the lullaby-like concluding aria from Final Alice.

Contents: The Fever of Love · Eating Babies · Tired Sex · The Stutter · Clear and Cold · Alone on the Mountain.

For Soprano and Orchestra From the composer's notes: Child Alice was conceived as a single continuity ... the various extracts may be performed separately. Options include: Part II of Child Alicemay be played without Part I · Quaint Events (No. 1) and Happy Voices (No. 2) may be played as a unit · Quainty Events may be played separately · Happy Voices may be played separately · All in the Golden Afternoon may by played separately.

For Soprano and Orchestra From the composer's notes: Child Alice was conceived as a single continuity ... the various extracts may be performed separately. Options include: Part II of Child Alicemay be played without Part I · Quaint Events (No. 1) and Happy Voices (No. 2) may be played as a unit · Quainty Events may be played separately · Happy Voices may be played separately · All in the Golden Afternoon may by played separately.

For Soprano and Orchestra From the composer's notes: Child Alice was conceived as a single continuity ... the various extracts may be performed separately. Options include: Part II of Child Alicemay be played without Part I · Quaint Events (No. 1) and Happy Voices (No. 2) may be played as a unit · Quainty Events may be played separately · Happy Voices may be played separately · All in the Golden Afternoon may by played separately.

For Soprano and Orchestra From the composer's notes: Child Alice was conceived as a single continuity ... the various extracts may be performed separately. Options include: Part I of Child Alice may be played without Part II · Part II of Child Alice may be played without Part I · Quaint Events (No. 1) and Happy Voices (No. 2) may be played as a unit · Quainty Events may be played separately · Happy Voices may be played separately · All in the Golden Afternoon may by played separately.

Premiered in 2001, the nine songs of this expressive and moving cycle each begin with the line, At the news of your death.

Instrumentation: Flute, Clarinet, Trumpet, Horn, Percussion (2 players), Theremin (available alternately on pre-recorded CD), Piano, Strings.

Text drawn from Lewis Carroll's Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass.

Contents: Dove Song · She Weeps Over Rahoon · A Flower Given to My Daughter · Monotone.

Characterized by what the composer calls an extravagant neo-romanticism, this 37-minute piano trio unfolds dramatically, demands the utmost virtuosity of its performers, and ultimately glories in largeness of gesture and immediacy of sentiment.

HPS 1191

from Del Tredici's program notes: The sense of moment is emphasized by augmenting the choral forces with a soprano soloist and pianist, who open the work with an extended aria. The ensuing choral commentary and soprano cadenza lead to a repetition and climactic development of the aria theme, now shared by chorus, soloist and piano equally. ... Here, the enging is a triumphant C-major chord, capped by a high C for all the sopranos.

HPS 810

Set of Parts for String Quartet (only)

David Del Tredici's In Wartime - the first work for wind band by one of America's masters of orchestral music - matches its emotional depth with immediate musical appeal. The opening hymn laces fragments of Abide With Me with swirling counterpoint, while the following Battlemarch brings an ominous march-theme into a frenzied conflict with the Persian national song, Salamati, Shah! Daring, brilliantly orchestrated and absolutely unique, In Wartime is a landmark in the repertoire. (18:30)

David Del Tredici's In Wartime - the first work for wind band by one of America's masters of orchestral music - matches its emotional depth with immediate musical appeal. The opening hymn laces fragments of Abide With Me with swirling counterpoint, while the following Battlemarch brings an ominous march-theme into a frenzied conflict with the Persian national song, Salamati, Shah! Daring, brilliantly orchestrated and absolutely unique, In Wartime is a landmark in the repertoire. (18:30)

Clarinet in B-flat and String Quartet

Miz Inez Sez is a cycle of five songs, for high soprano and piano, to the poetry of Colette Inez. Four of the songs were written in 1996 and one (The Beckoning) in 1998. The work was commission by the ensemble Sequitur. First performed April 28, 2000 at the Miller Theatre, New York City, by Hila Plitmann, soprano and David Del Tredici, piano. Contents: Alive and Taking Names · The Happy Child · Good News! Nilda is Back · The Beckoning · Chateauneuf du Pape, The Pope's Valet Speaks.

HPS 977

30-minute work based on the Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poem The Landlord's Tale. Composed in memory of the victims of 9/11.

Contents: Soliloquy · Fantasy Pieces · Virtuoso Alice · Opposites Attract · Ballad in Yellow · Wildwood Etude · Wedding Song.

New collection from the Pulitzer Prize-winning American composer. Contents: Three Gymnopedies (No. 1 - My Goldberg; No. 2 - My Re; No. 3 - My Loss) · Gotham Glory (West Village Morning; Museum Piece; Missing Towers; Wollman Rink) · Ballad in Yellow · Ballad in Lavender · S/M Ballade · Aeolian Ballade. Also available: 48002533 Piano Album I................$29.95

HPS 811

Duration: ca. 2:10

Includes the Gay Life, a cycle of 6 songs with words by various writers, including Allen Ginsberg and Paul Monette, three baritone songs, and two single songs: What Lips My Lips Have Kissed (poem by Edna St. Vincent Millay), and Ballad in Yellow (poem by Federico García Lorca).

HPS 812

SATB divisi

SATB divisi

From Del Tredici's Program notes: In this traumatic post-9/11 world, I felt an urge to connect with, and even comfort, the youngest generation of budding musicians. Heart and felt are two words that directed my choice of texts: I wanted to tell something about myself, as well as about the joys of childhood ... Stevenson's The Little Land re-creates the imaginitive world that to daydreaming children seems so natural.

Contents: Bahnhofstrasse · Alone.

HPS 818