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Now Again: Music by Bernard Rands

Intimate, passionate, lyrical--the surviving fragments of Sappho's poetry have moved generations of artists.  Inspired by the beauty of her words, composer Bernard Rands set them to music in an exquisite work of "wonderful strangeness and mystery" (Philadelphia Inquirer).  Mezzo Janice Felty joins the Network for New Music Ensemble once more for "now again" -- fragments from Sappho, and other compelling music from this Pulitzer Prize-winning composer.

Program:
Walcott Songs for mezzo and cello
Scherzi for clarinet, violin, cello and piano
Prelude/...sans voix parmi les voix...  for flute, viola and harp
"now again"--fragments from Sappho for mezzo and ensemble