BOLCOM: Songs of Innocence and of Experience

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Songs of Innocence (more info)
Performed by: Michigan University Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: William Bolcom
Conducted by: Leonard Slatkin
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Nmon Ford, baritone
Marietta Simpson, contralto
Measha Brueggergosman, soprano
Ilana Davidson, soprano
Nathan Lee Graham, vocals
Carmen Pelton, soprano
Peter Ruth, vocals
Linda Hohenfeld, soprano
Tommy Morgan, harmonica
Peter Ruth, harmonica
Jeremy Kittel, violin
Thomas Young, tenor
Christine Brewer, soprano
Joan Morris, mezzo-soprano
Recording date: 08 April 2004
Produced by: Kondziolka, Michael


1.   Part 1: Introduction - 3:08
2.   Part 1: The Ecchoing Green - 2:32
3.   Part 1: The Lamb - 3:20
4.   Part 1: The Shepherd - 2:14
5.   Part 1: Infant Joy - 1:58
6.   Part 1: The Little Black Boy - 4:07
7.   Part 2: Laughing Song - 0:33
8.   Part 2: Spring - 1:45
9.   Part 2: A Cradle Song - 4:04
10.   Part 2: Nurse's Song - 1:36
11.   Part 2: Holy Thursday - 1:08
12.   Part 2: The Blossom - 0:41
13.   Part 2: Interlude - 0:25
14.   Part 2: The Chimney Sweeper - 3:14
15.   Part 2: The Divine Image - 3:50
16.   Part 3: Nocturne - 2:03
17.   Part 3: Night - 5:01
18.   Part 3: A Dream - 1:41
19.   Part 3: On Another's Sorrow - 1:53
20.   Part 3: The Little Boy Lost - 2:48
21.   Part 3: The Little Boy Found - 1:56
22.   Part 3: Coda - 1:32

Songs of Experience, Volume I (more info)
Performed by: Michigan University Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: William Bolcom
Conducted by: Leonard Slatkin
Nmon Ford, baritone
Marietta Simpson, contralto
Measha Brueggergosman, soprano
Ilana Davidson, soprano
Nathan Lee Graham, vocals
Carmen Pelton, soprano
Peter Ruth, vocals
Linda Hohenfeld, soprano
Tommy Morgan, harmonica
Peter Ruth, harmonica
Jeremy Kittel, violin
Thomas Young, tenor
Christine Brewer, soprano
Joan Morris, mezzo-soprano
Recording date: 08 April 2004
Produced by: Kondziolka, Michael


1.   Part 1: Introduction - 2:20
2.   Part 1: Hear the Voice of the Bard - 2:55
3.   Part 1: Interlude - 0:51
4.   Part 1: Earth's Answer - 4:54
5.   Part 2: Nurse's Song - 1:10
6.   Part 2: The Fly - 1:43
7.   Part 2: The Tyger - 1:50
8.   Part 2: The Little Girl Lost - 1:10
9.   Part 2: In the Southern Clime - 2:08
10.   Part 2: The Little Girl Found - 4:47
11.   Part 3: The Clod and the Pebble - 1:47
12.   Part 3: The Little Vagabond - 2:31
13.   Part 3: Holy Thursday - 2:44
14.   Part 3: A Poison Tree - 2:09
15.   Part 3: The Angel - 3:15
16.   Part 3: The Sick Rose - 3:14
17.   Part 3: To Tirzah - 3:32

Songs of Experience, Volume II (more info)
Performed by: Michigan University Symphony Orchestra
Composed by: William Bolcom
Conducted by: Leonard Slatkin
Nmon Ford, baritone
Marietta Simpson, contralto
Measha Brueggergosman, soprano
Ilana Davidson, soprano
Nathan Lee Graham, vocals
Carmen Pelton, soprano
Peter Ruth, vocals
Linda Hohenfeld, soprano
Tommy Morgan, harmonica
Peter Ruth, harmonica
Jeremy Kittel, violin
Thomas Young, tenor
Christine Brewer, soprano
Joan Morris, mezzo-soprano
Recording date: 08 April 2004
Produced by: Kondziolka, Michael


1.   Part 4: The Voice of the Ancient Bard - 2:29
2.   Part 4: My Pretty Rose Tree - 1:43
3.   Part 4: Ah! Sun-Flower - 2:30
4.   Part 4: The Lilly - 1:36
5.   Part 5: Introduction - 0:49
6.   Part 5: The Garden of Love - 2:04
7.   Part 5: A Little Boy Lost - 2:27
8.   Part 5: A Little Girl Lost - 4:44
9.   Part 5: Infant Sorrow - 2:23
10.   Part 5: Vocalise - 2:57
11.   Part 6: London - 3:54
12.   Part 6: The School-Boy - 3:23
13.   Part 6: The Chimney Sweeper - 1:20
14.   Part 6: The Human Abstract - 3:22
15.   Part 6: Interlude - Voces Clamandae - 1:32
16.   Part 6: A Divine Image - 5:29

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