Protest Song (2002)
Available in two versions:
Mezzo soprano and piano
Mezzo soprano, bass clarinet, piano, violin, double bass
Duration c. 5 minutes Commissioned and premiered by Sequitur ensemble, April 30, 2008, Merkin Hall, New York, NY, Mary Nessinger – vocalist.
Available in two versions:
Mezzo soprano and piano
Mezzo soprano, bass clarinet, piano, violin, double bass
Duration c. 5 minutes Commissioned and premiered by Sequitur ensemble, April 30, 2008, Merkin Hall, New York, NY, Mary Nessinger – vocalist.
Audio Sample
(Performers: Soon Cho, students of CCM)
(Performers: Soon Cho, students of CCM)
Recording available on “Same Rivers Different” by Michael Fiday, Innova Recordings (https://www.innova.mu/albums/michael-fiday/same-rivers-different)
Program Notes
This is not a declaration of love or song of war
Not a tractate, autonym, or apologia
This won’t help when the children are dying
No answer on the way to dust
Neither anthem to rally or flag flutter
Will bring back the dead, their ashes flying
This is not a bandage or hospital tent
Not relief or the rest after
Not a wreath, lilac, or laurel bough
Not a garden of earthly delights
Peter Gizzi
December 2001
Reviews
“…a restrained yet powerful outburst of post-9/11 free-speech passion.”
– Gramophone Magazine