Dreams, Lies & Love Songs

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Songs

L’amor mio partì soldato (2020) from Canzoni italiane
The Betrothal (1990) from Wasting the Night
Commuter Buddhist (2014)
The Dancers (2021)
Even the Lies (2017) from Lies I Tell Myself
I Will Always Be on Your Side (1998)
If I Had a Wife (1994) from Serenata
Lethe (2007) from Turning Back
Litany (2006)
Moonlight on the Prairie (2021)
Shining Shore (2021)
Waiting for Night (2020) from A Thousand Names

Program Notes

“My songs are both my most collaborative and my most personal music. Also the most natural for me to write. In fact, sometimes I think I could happily give up writing instrumental music and just write songs for the rest of my life. First there is the pleasure of connecting with a text I love, usually a poem, then the pleasure of hearing a singer and pianist making interpretive choices I couldn’t have anticipated. Finally there is the pleasure of sensing the reaction from a live audience, whether sitting with them or myself accompanying a singer.” — Scott Wheeler

Featured Video

"Litany": Wiliam Sharp, baritone; Donald Berman, piano

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