Richard Wilson's PERSUASIONS is a solo cantata with instrumental interludes. There are six sections, three of which (sections 2, 4, and 6) are settings of love poems by Thomas Carew (c. 1595- c. 1639). In addition to the soprano, four players employ a total of six instruments--alto flute, oboe, English horn, bassoon, contrabassoon, and harpsichord--but in ensembles of different size and makeup, ranging from solo harpsichord in part 5, to a quartet of alto flute, oboe, bassoon and harpsichord in part 6. No two sections have the same instrumentation. The purely instrumental portions provide contrast of mood and style but are not thematically related to each other or to the vocal settings.
In this recording, taken from Albany Records TROY 074,
the performers are: Amy Burton, soprano, Blanca Uribe, harpsichord, John Solum, alto flute, Marc Schachman, oboe and English horn, and Gilbert Dejean, bassoon and contrabassoon.
1. Prelude
2. Lips and Eyes
3. Interlude: Duo
4. Mediocrity in Love Rejected
5. Interlude: Solo
6. Secrecy Protested
PERSUASIONS is published by Peermusic Classical. Commissioned by the Library of Congress under the auspices of The Mae and Irving Jurow Fund, it received its premiere November 30, 1990 in Washington, D.C., Judith Nelson, soprano, and Colin Tilney, harpsichord.
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