Media

Almost all of my songs have been recorded, so to hear the commercial recordings, please visit my page on Spotify.

Below are a few links from YouTube.

Sarong Song (poem by David Mason) :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hDWBcvC1GgM

This is a newly released (2022) film of Sarong Song, the 2nd song in my 2013 song cycle The Soul Fox (settings of David Mason). Made in conjunction with Positive Note Films (in the UK) and directed by Jeremy Hamway-Bidgood, the film is a hybrid presentation of classical song, poetry and art featuring mezzo-soprano Kitty Whately and pianist Simon Lepper.

The Apple Orchard (poem by Dana Gioia):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PH-0fBXAoE4

Recorded March 28, 2021 at the Tonhalle St. Gallen in Switzerland — with baritone Shea Owens and pianist Roxana Ionescu-Beck.

The Ballad Singer (Thomas Hardy):

Recorded on March 28, 2021 at the Tonhalle St. Gallen in Switzerland — with baritone Shea Owens and pianist Roxana Ionescu-Beck.

I Never Saw Another Butterfly (poems by Pavel Friedmann, Koleba, Anonymous and Franta Bass — all children killed in the Holocaust):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2wnqI47A1g8

Recorded live with soprano Maureen McKay and saxophonist Gary Louie at Pianocraft Studios in Gaithersburg, MD on October 10, 2018.

The Sun Went Down (poem by Emily Dickinson): from The Earth and I CD recorded by Washington Master Chorale with conductor Thomas Colohan:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQy3lJ5e74Y

The Ocean of Eternity trailer — excerpts from the CD:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NTfJTxsASUc

The Ocean of Eternity (poems by Anne Ranasinghe)

This recording is of the premiere of the work at Scorca Hall. The work was commissioned by saxophonist Michael Couper, soprano Yungee Rhie and pianist ChoEun Lee, who are the performers in this video:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kntn3ckWsjo

The Metropolitan Tower (poem by Sara Teasdale)

from my very first appearance on CD, with soprano Lauren Wagner and pianist Frederick Weldy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHOGYm8E_7A

I Was Reading a Scientific Article (poem by Margaret Atwood):

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tS3oWWPF5TQ

Recorded live from Wigmore Hall in February 2019 with mezzo-soprano Kitty Whately and pianist Simon Lepper.

The Scarlet Letter, Act I: A Meeting Place (libretto by David Mason, based on the Hawthorne)

from the live Naxos recording with Opera Colorado Orchestra and Chorus, conducted by Ari Pelto:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLhUlVxIUIQ

In Sleep The World Is Yours (poems by Selma Meerbaum-Eisinger)

This is the premiere of the work for soprano, oboe and piano commissioned by Music of Remembrance — with soprano Megan Chenovick, oboist Benjamin Hausman and pianist Mina Miller:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MkK0VBSYE8A

Beyond All Price — from The Scarlet Letter (libretto by David Mason).

Live performance with Opera Colorado and soprano Laura Claycomb:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PbSQ4F1OSMw

The Seed of Dream

short documentary by The Independent Opera Company, about my song cycle which was commissioned by Music of Remembrance and which set the poetry of Abraham Sutzkever. Performance by baritone Aaron Ball, cellist Thomas Lovasz and pianist Galina Barskaya:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6y4Xn0X9alY