To Have and to Hold

KRISTIN NORDERVAL

To Have and to Hold

  • Release date: 2007
  • Label: Koch International Classics
  • Catalog #: 7593

Performers Marianne Gythfeldt (Clarinet), Michael Lowenstern (Clarinet, Bass clarinet), Daniel Panner (Viola), Greg Hesselink (Cello), Joe Carver (Double Bass), Kristin Norderval (Soprano), Dora Ohrenstein (Soprano)
Conductor Paul Hostetter
Orchestra/Ensemble Sequitur

 

Track listing (16)

1. Not Worth “Riches and glory”
Text: Confucius
Music: Eve Beglarian
Sung by Kristin Norderval

2. My Goddess
Text and music: Eleanor Sandresky
Sung by Dora Ohrenstein

3. Superstition
Texts: various
Music: Marti Epstein
Sung by Kristin Norderval

4. Honey Money Loves
Text: Colette Inez
Music: David Del Tredici
Sung by Dora Ohrenstein

5. What’s It Worth to You?
Texts: various
Music: Renee Favand
Sung by Kristin Norderval and Dora Ohrenstein

6. Under Oath
Text: Monica Lewinsky’s testimony, The Starr Report
Music: Richard Adams
Sung by Kristin Norderval

7.Ivo, Ivo
Text: Manuel Martin, Jr.
Music: Tania Leon
Sung by Kristin Norderval

8. Chorea Lascivia
Text: Paulinius of Nola
Music: Dave Soldier
Sung by Kristin Norderval and Dora Ohrenstein

9. Vocalise with Duck
Text and Music: Lewis Spratlan
Sung by Dora Ohrenstein

10. Refrain
Text: Djuna Barnes
Music: Matthew Tierney
Sung by Dora Ohrenstein

11. Mortgaging the Earth
Text: E-mail by Lawrence Summers
Music: John Halle
Sung by Kristin Norderval and Dora Ohrenstein

12. Amorous Anagrams
Texts: anagrams by Unica Zurn, personal ads in The Village Voice
Music: Kristin Norderval
Sung by Kristin Norderval and Dora Ohrenstein

13. Is Money Money
Text: Gertrude Stein
Music: Anne LeBaron
Sung by Dora Ohrenstein

14. Pay Me Now
Text and Music: David Lang
Sung by Kristin Norderval

15. Maude
Text: Dorothy Parker
Music: Ramona Luengen
Sung by Dora Ohrenstein

16. The Gold Standard
Text: Kenneth Koch
Music: Scott Wheeler
Sung by Kristin Norderval and Dora Ohrenstein

 

Review of the live performance

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