Wednesday, February 29, 2012 at 1:45AM 2003 | soprano/piano
Poems by Mary Oliver, approximately 9 minutes in length.
Song 2 of Early Snow
Commissioned by Dr. Adelaide Whitaker.
Click here to purchase Jennifer Check and Warren Jones performing this song
Thursday, March 1, 2012 at 11:30PM 2001 | mezzo-soprano/piano
Poem by Mary Oliver
Song 1 of One Or Two Things
Commissioned by Dr. Adelaide Whitaker.
To purchase the mp3 of Karyn Friedman and Lori Laitman performing this song, please click here.
Friday, March 2, 2012 at 9:28PM 1999 | soprano/piano
Poem by Mary Oliver
Song 2 of Sunflowers
Commissioned by Dr. Adelaide Whitaker.
Some newer editions may already have these corrections.
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Wednesday, February 29, 2012 at 1:46AM 2003 | soprano/piano
Poems by Mary Oliver, approximately 9 minutes in length.
Song 3 of Early Snow
Commissioned by Dr. Adelaide Whitaker.
Click here to purchase an mp3 from Amazon.
Some newer editions may already have these corrections.
Wednesday, February 29, 2012 at 1:44AM 2003 | soprano/piano
Poems by Mary Oliver, approximately 9 minutes in length.
Song 1 of Early Snow
Commissioned by Dr. Adelaide Whitaker.
Listen to a performance of this piece on YouTube, thanks to Albany Records.
Saturday, February 5, 2011 at 10:34AM Song cycle: Don’t Bother Me; The God of Dirt; One or Two Things
2001 | mezzo-soprano/piano
Poems by Mary Oliver, about 5 minutes total.
Commissioned by Dr. Adelaide Whitaker.
A new edition with updated markings was created in January 2021 and is available for
PDF download here, with hard copies available through Glendower Jones.
ERRATA for Jan 2021 edition (corrected in Feb 2021):
Song 2: m. 7 - 8 RH piano — contains and extra quarter note rest at the end of the measure. Please
eliminate.
Thursday, March 1, 2012 at 11:30PM 2001 | mezzo-soprano/piano
Poem by Mary Oliver
Song 3 of One Or Two Things
Commissioned by Dr. Adelaide Whitaker.
Saturday, December 17, 2022 at 4:26PM 2019 | SATB a cappella
Poem by Mary Oliver
Commissioned by The Donald Sinclair Sutherland Music Endowment for the Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church Chancel Choir Matthew Robertson, Director of Music
Saturday, February 5, 2011 at 10:13AM Song cycle: The Sunflowers, Dreams, Sunrise
1999 | soprano/piano
Poems by Mary Oliver, 14 minutes total.
Commissioned by Dr. Adelaide Whitaker.
Friday, March 2, 2012 at 9:28PM 1999 | soprano/piano
Poem by Mary Oliver
Song 3 of Sunflowers
Commissioned by Dr. Adelaide Whitaker.
Errata
Some newer editions may already have these corrections.
• m. 28: If breath is a problem, you can end the word "dawn" on beat 1, breathe, start a melisma on beat 2 with the word "aah" (continuing through beat 2 of m. 29), and then return to the printed score.
• m. 43: the "ry" of "eve-ry" should be beneath the A in the voice part.
• m. 89: I have changed the notes to a B, rising to an E, rising to an F sharp for the words "it is an-"
