Articles Tagged with Original Cast Records

Song, op. 120A

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2003 completion of 1925 13-measure sketch by Marc Blitztsein

on poem by Rupert Brooke, for Voice & Piano;

also arr. for SATB & Piano;

premiered by Helene Williams & Leonard Lehrman

and recorded by them 10/9/04 in Boulder, CO;

released on Original Cast Records OC 6127

The Marc Blitzstein Centennial Concert CD;

choral version premiered at Blitzstein Centennial concerts,

Feb.-Mar. 2005

Smoking Glasses, op. 120 #3

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#3 of Three Completions of Songs Begun by Marc Blitzstein

completion of 1938 musical sketch for voice & piano, 7/95

recorded by Gregory Mercer & Leonard Lehrman,

Original Cast Records OC 4441,

and published in The Marc Blitzstein Songbook, v.2

(Boosey & Hawkes, 2001)

Expatriate, op. 120 #1

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#1 of Three Completions of Songs Begun by Marc Blitzstein

completion of musical sketch for voice & piano

begun by Marc Blitzstein to his lyrics from

No For An Answer Act II Scene 5

first presented 4/6/95 Madison WI Sonneck Society

first public performance 6/11/95 LICA concert,

Center Moriches Free Library

recorded by Leonard Lehrman, Orig Cast Records OC 4441

published in Marc Blitzstein Songbook, v. 1

(Boosey & Hawkes, 1999)

Eve, op. 156

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duet for soprano & tenor, a cappella (1’22”)

on text by Abel Meeropol;

premiered by Helene Williams & Gregory Mercer,

Queens College, Feb. 23, 2003;

recorded on Original Cast Records CD 6055

The Abel Meeropol Centennial Concert

Wooing, The, op. 158

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one-act opera for SATB (24’07”)

libretto by Lewis Allan (Abel Meeropol), originally for Elie Siegmeister,

one-act opera after Anton Chekhov’s Medved’, premiered by

Helene Williams, Tara Venditti, Gregory Mercer, Gregory Rahming

conducted by composer, Queens College, 2/23/03

recorded on Original Cast Records CD 6055

The Abel Meeropol Centennial Concert