Articles Tagged with Capstone Records

Edith Segal Love Song Cycle, An, op. 107

on 7 poems from For Dreamers Who Dare (1975)

(6’30”) 1992:

Remembrance – Severance – The Two – Loneliness –

Scars – Your Hand – Waiting

premiered by Helene Williams & composer,

Greenwich House “Village Varieties” concert

by Composers Concordance 11/19/92

and at LICA Chelsea Center concert 5/22/93,

Songs of Love concert 2/5/95; recorded on Capstone CPS 8647

Helene Wiliams sings Songs of Love

Love Song Cycle on Seven Poems by Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, op. 112

poems written in 1939; setting for Soprano & Piano, 7/93;

(10′) commissioned by Corliss Lamont & dedicated to him,

Beth Lamont, Rosalyn Baxandall, & Helene Williams;

premiere by Helene & composer, Bethpage Library 3/4/94;

Composers Concordance, Kosciuszko Fdn 3/11/94;

Westchester Peace Action Coalition

(in memory of corliss) 6/3/95;

LICA Songs of Love, N. Merrick Library 2/5/95;

recorded at Hicksville Library 3/29/97,

released on Capstone CPS 8647:

Helene Williams sings Songs of Love.

1) If I can step within

2) To My Jewish Friend in Pittsburgh

3) The beauty of love

4) I lock my heart against you [partially reprised as 5A&6A)

5) Won’t you unlock –

6) To Carlo [Tresca], South Beach (After 14 Years)

7) On “Equality”

Journey of Life, op. 115

setting for Voice & Piano of poem by William Cullen Bryant

(3’43”) Summer, 1994, in memory of Arthur James;

premiered by Helene Williams & composer,

LICA Bryant Bicentennial Concert, Bryant Library 10/30/94

and SUNY-Purchase 11/3/94; recorded on Capstone CPS 8623

The William Cullen Bryant Bicentennial Concert

by The Long Island Composers Alliance

Wild Nights, op. 137 #3

setting of poem (#249) by Emily Dickinson for voice & piano

#3 (of 3) from Emily Dickinson Song Cyclette, op. 137

premiered by Helene Williams & composer, 2/99 (LICA)

recorded on Capstone #CPS-8667:

Helene Williams sings More Songs of Love by LICA Composers