English horn

Editor's note:  The Concertino is in one movement with contrasting sections containing expressive
melodies, driving rhythms, and a cadenza with contemporary techniques such as flutter
tonguing, multiphonics, glissandos, and fingered microtones. All original dynamics,
articulations, and tempos are reflected in the revised piano reduction. In addition, I have
added some markings that Roseman made to my music when I studied the piece with him.

-Ann Knipschild

One-movement concerto for violin, English horn, and computer-synthesized sounds (on CD). Composed for Gregory Fulkerson under auspices of a Guggenheim Foundation Fellowship. Recorded on CRI SD-528 by Gregory Fulkerson, violin, and Thomas Stacy, English ho

Shadowflowers is an unstaged psychodrama for soprano, tenor, and chamber ensemble. The text, assembled from the poetry of Stefan George, Stéphane Mallarmé, and Guillaume Apollinaire, concerns two beautiful, yet repulsive, artificial worlds. George's poem, from "Algabal," used in its entirety, presents to the reader an underground garden, beautiful but completely artificial, black, and dead. In Mallarmé's "Hérodiade," excerpted here, the reader encounters a beautiful virgin, living in a world of white and jewels, allowing nothing to touch her. The poems are sung together, commenting on each other while carrying on their own dramatic senses. Another factor in choosing the text was the constant recurrence of the words "shadow" and "flower" in all excerpts, which contributes to the black/white, dark/bright imagery. The music is in two unbroken sections, following the shape of the text.