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Cassandra in the Temples (excerpts)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, November 21^st, 2014

Music composed by Elena Ruehr and performed by Roomful of Teeth

Libretto by Gretchen E. Henderson

I. Raising the Columns, [Sing we here, a salvaged grave], ending—0:00

II. Echoes in the Temples, [Off tempo drums a tympanum beat], beginning—1:18

III. Snaking Whispers, [There’s something to the salience of hissing], ending—2:02

IV. Rejecting the Gift, [No], full—2:27

V. Moon Unmoored, [Not for the moon, I mourn], full—4:01

VI. Tempered Curse, [Do you hear how to bare], full—8:03

VII. Of Lyres & Liars, [I am stirring in my temples], beginning—9:42

VIII. Strangled Speech, [Belief can be bereaving], ending—10:35

IX. Praying off Prey, [A pall appears, appealing], full—10:53

X. Sun at Sea, [Not for the sun, I sing], full—13:27

XI. Of Wails & Winds, [If shards of us remain, like seeded hulls], beginning/ending—16:48

XII. Listen Again, [Sing We Home], full—18:37

XIII. Razing the Columns, [Sing we through a passage home], beginning—20:43

On the Wing: A Celebration of Birds in Music and Spoken Word

Harvard Museum of Natural History, April 18^th, 2015

Music composed by Andrew List and performed by Krista River (mezzo-soprano) and George Sebastian Lopez (piano)

Poems by Mary Pinard

Presentation by Wayne R. Petersen, Director of the Massachusetts Audubon’s Important Bird Area Program