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January 24, 1998

Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird (1979) 14:32

Composer: Foss, Lukas

Movements
  • I. Among twenty snowy mountains 1:23
  • II. I was of three minds 1:06
  • III. The blackbird whirled in the autumn wind 1:21
  • IV. A man and a woman 1:02
  • V. I do not know which to prefer 1:12
  • VI. Icicles filled the long window 1:32
  • VII. O thin men of Haddam 0:58
  • VIII. I know noble accents 0:58
  • IX. When the blackbird flew out of sight 1:07
  • X. At the sight of blackbirds 0:36
  • XI. He rode over Connecticut 1:12
  • XII. The river is moving 0:31
  • XIII. It was evening all afternoon 0:31 (NB:As music is continuous, tracks follow texts)

Instrumentation: percussion

Concert Location: Eugene and Agnes E. Meyer Auditorium, Freer Gallery of Art Smithsonian Institution,Washington, DC