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Canti del Sole

Tenor and orchestra (1983)

Texts from Baudelaire, Celan, Huchel, Montale, Wilfrid Owen, Quasimodo, Rimbaud, Sinisgalli, Dylan Thomas, Ungaretti, and an anonymous poet of the 12th century

3 - 2 - 3 - 2 ­ 3 - 3 - 3 - 0 ­ 3perc(tam-t, mar, vib, xyl, sizzle cyms, s.d, almglocken, tom-t, bngs, temp bl, tub bells, maracas, clav) ­ 2hp ­ cel - eorg - pno ­ str(10.10.8.6.4 minimum)

29'

First Performance: 1983, New York, NY, New York Philharmonic - Conductor: Zubin Mehta - Tenor: Paul Sperry

Press

Pulitzer Prize-winning Canti del Sole is a noble and exultant paean to the physical, emotional, psychological, and spiritual states of man.
— The San Francisco Chronicle

Canti del Sole is a magnificent accomplishment. Rands' sensitivity to texts and their various heritages is stunning.
— The Baltimore Sun

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