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dreaming the dark down slowly

Complete Work Title: 

dreaming the dark down slowly

Performance Medium: 

solo mezzo-soprano, solo tenor, solo dancer; small onstage chorus (3 females, 3 males), offstage chorus (with miscellaneous hand-held wind/percussion instruments)

Movements: 
  1. Lullaby
  2. Awakening
  3. Dream
  4. Re-awakening
  5. Processional
  6. Lullaby

Duration: 

c.22:00

Dedication: 

to Jan Harrington and the Indiana University Contemporary Vocal Ensemble

Date Composed: 

December 1989 - January 1990

Additional Information: 

Text and choreography by Emily B. Stewart

Performance History: 

Indiana University Contemporary Vocal Ensemble; Jan Harrington, conductor:
• 11 November 1990; Indiana University Art Museum (Bloomington, IN)
• 9 November 1990; Indiana University Art Museum (Bloomington, IN)
• 4 March 1990; Indiana University Creative Arts Auditorium (Bloomington, IN)
• 3 March 1990; Indiana University Creative Arts Auditorium (Bloomington, IN) [premiere]

Downloads & Links: 

program note

video recording 1 (Quicktime movie)
Edited version of 3-4 March 1990 performances, Indiana University Creative Arts Auditorium; Julia Bentley, Matthew Pass, Jeri Deckard, IU Contemporary Vocal Ensemble. An excerpt (II. Awakening; score pp. 12-24) of this performance is also available here. (Video recorded and edited by Nora Dial.)

video recording 2 (Quicktime movie)
Performance recorded 11 November 1990, Indiana University Art Museum; Melissa Fathman, Matthew Pass, IU Contemporary Vocal Ensemble. An excerpt (V. Processional & VI. Lullaby; score pp. 33-44) of this performance is also available here. This performance is a reworked version of the March 1990 production, and includes some modifications to the original score and stage directions. (Video recorded by Nora Dial; edited by Joseph Klein.)

score (pdf)

photograph
From November 1990 performance at the Indiana University Art Museum.