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Soprano and Piano
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Year Authored (or revised)
Duration (min)
5
Movements
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Files & Media
Audio
[Karchin] Matrix and Dream (Excerpt).mp3
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Description
Reviews:
“Mr. Karchin….created two worlds: the vocal line, from start to finish, conveyed the fleeting imagery of the text with an archlike gracefulness, while the piano began more brashly and lost its dissonant edges before the final lines.”
--Allan Kozinn, New York Times
“Louis Karchin’s complex yet tender setting of Matrix and Dream, an elegiac vision of childhood, might become the most popular [song] of the group. It was excellently performed by pianist Stephen Gosling and soprano Lucy Shelton.”
--Russell Platt, New York Newsday
First Perfomance
Lucy Shelton, soprano; Stephen Gosling, piano - Peter B. Lewis Theatre, Guggenheim Museum, NY, Sept. 12, 2004.
Recording
Albany Records Troy CD 895
Text Language - Non English
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Text Source/Author
"Matrix and Dream" from the Collected Poems of Paul Auster, used with the poet's permission.
Title Number
Ensemble Type
voice+keyboard
Genre/Theme
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Instrument
Soprano
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piano
Purchase Options
PDF License & Download
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Print & Ship
$11.50 score
ACA-KARC-007
Print Price
$11.50 score
ACA-KARC-007
Commissioned by Mary Sharp Cronson and the Works and Process Concert Series of the Guggenheim Museum; for Lucy Shelton and Stephen Gosling.