Breathless

Cantata on Ancient Mystical Texts

Richard Cameron-Wolfe

Year

2016


Duration

31'


Instrumentation

soprano (and/or mezzo-soprano) - guitar (4), violoncello - optional 5-voice "madrigal" group


Genre

Chamber Music


Text/Libretto

Fakhruddin Iraqi, Sisupacala, Lao-Tsu, Mechthild of Magdeburg, Quasmuna, Teresa of Avila, Kabir


Commission

Kharkov Guitar Quartet


Premiere

Kharkov, Ukraine, 2 June 2016: Anna Bychkova, soprano / Viktor Rekalo, violoncello / Kharkov Guitar Quartet (Sergey Gorkusha, Maxim Trianov, Irina Polovinka, Andrey Bragin)


Publisher

American Composers Alliance


Source

American Composers Alliance website;