CHORAL & ShORTER WORKS
BYSSUS
music by Matthew Recio
text by Stephanie Fleischmann
commissioned by Hana Cai for Ithaca College Treble Chorale
premiere, March 2022
“Spin the fibers into thread,
thin and fine as spider’s web,
a thousand times its strength.
And as you spin, sing
the old songs,
made of the old words
remembering…”
WIND PHONE, GOLETA, CA, APRIL 2022
music by Christopher Cerrone
text by Stephanie Fleischmann
commissioned by Conspirare, Austin, TX
premiere, October 2022
“I can almost hear you listening,
as my words echo against the glass,
and this booth shudders
infinitesimally in the wind...”
THE YEARS
music by Anna Clyne
text by Stephanie Fleischmann
commissioned by
Scottish Chamber Orchestra and Chorus
premiere: May 2022, Edinburgh & Glasgow
“Give yourself up to the wind…
Find something lost in the sky.”
SHE SINGS / She Is Called
music by Gity Razaz
text by Stephanie Fleischmann
commissioned by Brooklyn Youth Chorus
NYC premiere: Bang on a Can Long Play Festival, May 2022
evening conceived by Helga Davis & Dianne Berkun Menaker
THE LAST MESSAGE RECEIVED
music by Christopher Cerrone
text compiled & honed by Stephanie Fleischmann
from The Last Message Received
for chorus and orchestra
commissioned by Northwestern and Yale
premiere: Northwestern, Evanston, Illinois, May 2022
““I keep dreaming about you
and it makes me want to sleep forever.””
AFTER WEEKS OF RAIN
a sonic theater adaptation of Christopher Cerrone’s album LIMINAL HIGHWAY
music by Christopher Cerrone
story / text by Stephanie Fleischmann
directed by Patrick Eakin Young
performed by Tim Monroe (flute & electronics) & Ally Murphy
commissioned by Soundworlds
LISTEN
“There is a twilight before dawn
she is intimately acquainted with.
That time of night when the is sky veiled
with a dark that holds the promise of day.”