Internationally acclaimed composer William McClelland has written a wide variety of music in many styles and forms, but the works in this program have all been inspired by poetry. The choral works evoke the atmosphere of time and place in settings of very early texts, including Catullus’ movingly elegiac lament for his lost brother, These Last Gifts, an experience shared by the composer. The short pieces in Five for Piano all evoke specific poems and, composed over several decades, McClelland’s songs are primarily settings of poetry by American writers that express a mystical, symbolic or visionary view on nature.
Tracklist
Artist details
McClelland, William
Raffel, Burton - Lyricist
Cædmon - Lyricist
Cædmon's Hymn
1 Cædmon's Hymn 09:07
McClelland, William
Wright, James - Lyricist
Autumnal
2 Autumnal 03:06
McClelland, William
Betjeman, John - Lyricist
Autumn 1964
3 Autumn 1964 02:26
McClelland, William
Larkin, Philip - Lyricist
Going
4 Going 01:57
McClelland, William
Emerson, Lidian - Lyricist
Poem Composed in Sleep
5 Poem Composed in Sleep 03:00
McClelland, William
Doolittle, Hilda - Lyricist
Sea Rose
6 Sea Rose 01:40
McClelland, William
Williams, William Carlos - Lyricist
Labrador
7 Labrador 02:25
McClelland, William
Doolittle, Hilda - Lyricist
Storm
8 Storm 01:24
McClelland, William
McClelland, David C.K. - Lyricist
Hail Lovely and Pure
9 Hail Lovely and Pure 13:27
McClelland, William
Five for Piano
10 No. 1. June-bug Serenade 01:45
11 No. 2. Shadow No More 01:42
12 No. 3. Demon Cloud 01:47
13 No. 4. A Trace 03:26
14 No. 5. The Jolly Mortals 01:00
McClelland, William
Van Doren, Mark - Lyricist
The Fields of November
15 The Fields of November 02:44
McClelland, William
Bishop, Elizabeth - Lyricist
Insomnia
16 Insomnia 02:49
McClelland, William
Merwin, William Stanley - Lyricist
Memory of Summer Facing West
17 Memory of Summer Facing West 01:24
McClelland, William
Williams, William Carlos - Lyricist
The Defective Record
18 The Defective Record 01:04
McClelland, William
Wright, James - Lyricist
Snowstorm in the Midwest
19 Snowstorm in the Midwest 02:59
McClelland, William
Appling, Spencer - Lyricist
The Politician
20 The Politician 01:30
McClelland, William
Crane, Hart - Lyricist
Garden Abstract
21 Garden Abstract 02:25
McClelland, William
Kirsopp, Catherine - Lyricist
To One Who Revisited an Old Garden
22 To One Who Revisited an Old Garden 03:25
McClelland, William
Catullus - Lyricist
Fitzgerald, Robert - Lyricist
These Last Gifts
23 These Last Gifts 05:36
Total Playing Time: 01:12:08
