Born in 1938 into a musical family, John Harbison studied at Harvard, and with Roger Sessions at Princeton. He is one of America's most accomplished musicians, with four symphonies, three operas and a Pulitzer Prize-winning cantata to his credit. Harbison's music is distinguished by its exceptional range, from the blues-influenced settings of Elizabeth Bishop's poetry in North and South, to the use of eastern modes in his Book of Hours and Seasons.
Harbison, John
Bishop, Elizabeth - Lyricist
North and South
1 Book I: No. 1. Ballad for Billie (I) 03:57
2 Book I: No. 2. Late Air 01:56
3 Book I: No. 3. Breakfast Song 04:48
4 Book II: No. 1. Ballad for Billie (II) 03:29
5 Book II: No. 2. Song 02:50
6 Book II: No. 3. Dear, my compass 02:12
Harbison, John
6 American Painters
7 No. 1. Bingham 02:29
8 No. 2. Eakins 01:56
9 No. 3. Heade 01:32
10 No. 4. Homer 02:44
11 No. 5. Hoffman 02:30
12 No. 6. Diebenkorn 02:01
Christmas Vespers: The Three Wise Men
13 I. Prelude 03:52
14 II. — 01:26
15 III. — 01:20
16 IV. — 01:54
17 V. — 01:23
18 VI. — 01:46
19 VII. — 01:29
20 VIII. Postlude 02:28
Book of Hours and Seasons
21 No. 1. Dem aufgehenden Vollmond (To the Rising Full Moon) 03:34
22 No. 2. Immer und uberall (Always and Everywhere) 02:28
23 No. 3. Interlude: Jahreszeiten kommen wieder (Interlude: The Seasons Come Again) 04:48
24 No. 4. Mich angstigt das Verfangliche (The Artful makes me anxious) 01:52
25 No. 5. Um Mitternacht (At midnight) 05:36
