Winter Songs - II. Dark Day, Warm and Windy (Text by A. R. Ammons) by Robert Paterson Composer published on 2013-06-12T21:08:55Z Winter Songs (for Bass-Baritone and Chamber Ensemble) Duration: ca. 20' MOVEMENTS: I. Icicles filled the long window (Wallace Stevens) II. Dark Day, Warm and Windy (A. R. Ammons) III. The Snow Man (Wallace Stevens) IV. Boy at The Window (Richard Wilbur) V. Old Story (Robert Creeley) VI. Neither Snow (Billy Collins) Performers: American Modern Ensemble; David Neal, Bass-Baritone For More Information: https://robertpaterson.com/winter-songs Publisher: Bill Holab Music: http://www.billholabmusic.com/store/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=103_137&products_id=1357 Online Perusal Score: https://issuu.com/robertpaterson/docs/winter_songs_perusal_score PROGRAM NOTES The idea for Winter Songs occurred to me after I wrote a short song based on the sixth poem from Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird by Wallace Stevens for a group composition project at Cornell University. The original idea was to have each student in the department set a different poem in this work, culminating in an evening long song cycle. There are many compelling settings ofThirteen Ways, so instead of trying to contribute yet another, I decided to compose a song cycle using winter-themed poems by a variety of poets. David Neal, the bass-baritone who sang my initial song, Icicles Filled the Long Window, liked the idea so much that he asked me for a complete cycle. I spent months collecting and reading as many poems about winter as I could find. Winter-themed poems seem to fall into two categories: those that are playful and fun, and those that are quite serious. I chose to set six serious poems, including another one by Wallace Stevens, and one each by Robert Creeley, Richard Wilbur, A.R. Ammons and Billy Collins. Winter Songs was commissioned by David Neal and The Arts at Grace through the New York State Music Fund and was premiered by David Neal and the Society for New Music in April 2008. ARTISTS: Robert Paterson, Conductor 'David Neal, bass-baritone Sato Moughalian, flute Benjamin Fingland, clarinet Matthew Ward, percussion Blair McMillen, piano Robin Zeh, violin Robert Burkhart, cello Genre Classical Comment by daniel Very nice good music good vibe koi kki 2021-05-29T18:35:37Z Comment by CommonSen5e I actually reposted this on my own from your page the other day. and I'll do it again here. CS5 APPROVED 2021-05-29T17:08:22Z Comment by Kevin Abram This is a really impressive song that uses flutes and a lot of orchestral elements. The vocal is great too! ✨ 2021-05-29T03:38:09Z Comment by Istvan J. Balazs Beautiful parallel move and dialogue continuation between the piano and clarinet. It gives such an unique and signature tone and mood to the overall composition, that we know immediately right at the beginning, that indeed we are listening to your music which is very original and always a refreshment to the soul! 2021-05-28T16:12:57Z Comment by Karl with a K The baroque section was very interesting. 2021-05-28T07:10:17Z Comment by Sabine Alexander Beautiful, sweet,dramatic and emotional piece. Awesome job Robert as usual!! 2021-03-04T19:37:20Z Comment by Adam Richard Tucker Composer I absolutely love this Robert - the piano entrance is divine. As always, the performance is top quality. 2021-03-04T17:09:50Z Comment by William Manuchakian great work! nice orchestration here 2021-03-04T15:09:23Z Comment by Ladat Awesome work. Nicely warm track in its windy moves. 2021-03-04T07:50:22Z Comment by Dika Chartoff Oh wow. I'm out of context, but I love how this piece breaks out into this renaissance -like jam after a beautiful cinematic setting. Really daring and cool. 2021-03-04T04:54:07Z Comment by 6Greytails Nice composition, instruments work well off each-other 2021-03-04T04:43:09Z Comment by Artem Amirkhanyan I like this. So pleasant vocal. And I really like how the piece ends! 2021-03-03T21:14:20Z Comment by Rich Davis Piano Great vocal. Really nice piece of music with good contrast throughout. 2021-03-03T19:03:01Z Comment by Tony Doubek So lovely! Definitely feels like winter. 2021-03-03T18:48:34Z Comment by Nicholas Bennett A good piece with superb vocals, I like the chimes in your songs. They really add to the experience. You can feel the drama. Good job! 2021-03-03T17:39:23Z Comment by Gom Jabbar I really dig your side project to make weather cool again! :) Seriously, this packs a lot of joy, positivity, and playfulness. 2021-03-03T16:58:46Z Comment by TGSS/Langsämmer /Jünger/ Laxá/The Dark Messiahs I love how the season appears between the words, a musical phrase or a cold crisp bell. He's singing like he's trying to keep warm to, very fast phrasing. 2021-03-03T15:55:05Z Comment by "Mr Joe's Music" enjoying Winter Songs :) 2015-10-24T02:27:31Z