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“THISTLE“, also known as”COME THOU LONG EXPECTED JESUS” for mezzo soprano or baritone and piano.
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“THERE IS A NAME”, words by F.Whitefield; SATB, divisi with piano or organ.

St.Michael’s; Rene Gabbai, conductor.

Nashua chamber singers, Jim Johnston, conductor

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“LISTEN CAREFULLY“; words by Mary Roy, choral piece; SATB, divisi to 7. Basses, low “d”.

Program Notes at the Fourth Biennial Festival of Contemporary Music in America:
“Kirilenko, “Listen Carefully.” The warm, Neo-Romantic colors of this setting of a text by Mary Roy are reminiscent of part songs at the turn of the century, with thick sometimes (seven)-part textures and chromatic harmony. A mood of expectation, created in the repeated opening line, flowers into a gently impassioned polyphony, to be followed by the more majestic passages of “Music shakes the trees/The waters shout out loud”. The expectant mood returns at the end of the piece, congruent with the text “A new day is coming on”.

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“IN THE ORDER OF THINGS”, words by Jim Hensley;, SATB, divisi.

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THE LORD’S PRAYER, for tenor or soprano, with piano or organ, High C.
Composer’s note:
The aesthetics of the music in this piece is to provide for the unrestricted interpretation of the text; and of the accompaniment is to not confine in any way the interpretation of the melody, and the melody is in the service of the singer, and his interpretation of the text.

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“TOMORROW’S DREAMS“, Cycle of songs for soprano and piano, High “D”; reworkings and arrangements as well as original music added, on Jim Norman’s poetry and melodies.

Emily Davis, soprano; Irina Kirilenko, piano.
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“TWO SONGS on LERMONTOV POETRY“, for baritone and piano
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“SING AND REJOICE“, an satb setting of a traditional round, chorus, SATB with piano.
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“LIKE A SHEPHERD“, chorus, SATB.