SIX POEMS OF WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS
Joel Feigin
About this work:
tenor and chamber orchestra:
fl, cl, bcl; mand, gtr; perc(2); vln, vla, vlc, cb
written for Parnassus Chamber Ensemble
"The poems are a sequence built on observations of trees and flowers...Williams' terse, precise imagery is subjected to Expressionist expansion...violent, gaudy and exuberant."
— The New Yorker
Year composed: 1983
Duration: 00:19:00
Ensemble type: Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble:Voice with Large Chamber/Jazz Ensemble (10 +)
Instrumentation:
Instrumentation notes: tenor and chamber orchestra:
fl, cl, bcl; mand, gtr; perc(2); vln, vla, vlc, cb
written for Parnassus Chamber Ensemble
"The poems are a sequence built on observations of trees and flowers...Williams' terse, precise imagery is subjected to Expressionist expansion...violent, gaudy and exuberant."
— The New Yorker