Devices and Desires
A Cantata for Soprano, Baritone, Chorus and Orchestra
1989
33 minutes
Texts: Robert Herrick and the 1662 Anglican Book of Common Prayer
Voices: sop, bar, SATB chorus
Orchestra: 2222 4231 Timp 2perc strings
Commissioned by the Fine Arts College, Arizona State University
Premiere: University Symphony Orchestra, Henry Charles Smith, conductor
Darleen Kliewer-Britton, soprano
Jon Linford, baritone
Concert Choir, Donald Bailey, conductor
University Choir, David Stocker, conductor
Gammage Auditorium, Arizona State University, September 27, 1989
Movements:
1. Sing a hymne to love
2. Upon Julia’s hair, bundled in a golden net
3. When as in silks my Julia goes
4. What have the meads to do with thee?
5. Make me a heaven