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Programme Note

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Homage to Gustav Mahler one hundred years after his death

First performance:
October 11 2012
Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano
Nathan Gunn, baritone
Orpheus
Carnegie Hall, New York, NY

Text: Written across 1,285 years (701-1983) representing 10 countries

Khalil Gibran (1883-1931)	ARABIA
Amy Lowell (1874-1925)	USA
Sri Aurobindo (Bengali: Sri Ôrobindo) (1872-1950)	INDIA
Jalāl ad-Dīn Muhammad Rūmī (1207-1273)	PERSIA
Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900)	GERMANY
William Wordsworth (1770-1850)	UK
Gérard de Nerval (1808-1855)	FRANCE
Wang Wei (701-761)	CHINA
Emily Elizabeth Dickinson (1830-1886)	USA
Uvavnuk an Inuit (Netsilik or Iglooik Eskimo) female shaman (19th century)	CANADA
Matsuo Bashō (1644-1694)	JAPAN
Li Po (China, 701-762)	CHINA
Thomas Lanier "Tennessee" Williams III (1911-1983)	USA
Li Shang-Yin (ca. 813-858)	CHINA

Movements:
#1: flower of our heart
#2: dancing flowers
#3: earth blossoms
#4: petal waterfall
#5: mountain with violets — (no pause) —
#6: earth echoes