Happy Solstice! This song was written for Meg Reichardt’s annual Holiday Recording Party. I wrote it in French, since Meg is a Francophile. Here’s the translation: The nights grow longer when the solstice comes, which is favorable for nights of dreaming. When the nights are short, the long days are sunny, but empty of dreams. […]

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A setting of part of Il Vendemmiatore, by Luigi Tansillo, which I encountered quoted by Giordano Bruno in his dialogue La Cena de le ceneri. The part I set is: Lasciate l’ombre, ed abbracciate il vero; Non cangiate il presente col futuro. Io d’aver di miglior già non dispero; Ma per viver più lieto e […]

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A song about the miracle of human reproduction. Here’s how it begins:

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I made this arrangement of Satie’s cabaret song “Je te veux” (published in 1902, but probably composed in 1897) for my ukulele students. It’s the only piece I’ve written out in tablature.

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One of my musical preoccupations in July was a set of eleven duets for tenor recorder and viola (or other suitable instruments). Each is 33 measures long; here’s the first one.

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This story recounts the romance between Princess Ada and her suitor, Prince Gabe. She’s rather GAGA, and he, frankly, is A BEEF-FACED FEEB. But music is the food of love!  

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Some piano music, all in the upper register.

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The slide whistle and the trombone seem made for each other. This duet shows off both of them, in four movements of 33 measures each.

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This spirited duet pairs the garklein recorder, the smallest member of the recorder family, with the tuba. The two contrasting sonorities are combined in unison, in harmony, in antiphony, and in canon, mostly in C major, before ending their tenuous alliance.  

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This little number was an occasional part of “Doug and Mike’s Adult Entertainment,” the puppet show I did for years with Michael Smith. Here I had to sing, operate a toilet puppet with my right hand, and play a small organ with my left hand.

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