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Recent works:

Song for Norbert for trumpet and piano/pour trompette et piano

Distant Strophes for string quartet/pour quatuor à cordes

Vie Nomade for violoncello/pour violoncelle

Sonata for bassoon and piano/pour basson et piano

Savage Thoughts for Tenor Saxophone and Harp

Symphony no. 1 : "Dreamscapes" for Orchestra

Complainte Bucolique for English Horn and Piano

Poems set in this cycle:

To You from Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman

Other song cycles by Paul Wehage

American Songs (English Text by Elizabeth Kirschner) for Soprano, Alto Saxophone and Piano/pour Soprano, Saxophone Alto et Piano

La Chanson de la Reine (French text by P. A. Dupré-Lavarée) for female voice, flute and harpe

Questions Personelles for Medium Voice and Piano

Ten Dickinson Songs for High Voice and Piano

To You (English Text by Walt Whitman) for Baritone, tenor Saxophone and Piano

Program Notes in English:

To You for baritone voice, tenor saxophone and piano is dedicated to the American Baritone Kurt Ollmann, who has done much for the promotion and performance of American music both in the United States and abroad.

Whitman’s poem speaks of seeing a stranger and feeling love for this person. In contrast to Poe’s To Helen, which treats a similar subject of a chance meeting of a stranger that the poet loves, Whitman does not idealize his subject but rather pointedly and brutally describes how he sees this person and what feelings (both negative and positive) this contemplation provokes in the poet’s mind In order to reflect this musically, there is an alternation between more introspective and brooding sections which are then followed by more ecstatic outbursts. The piece ends with the poet watching the stranger leave, and expressing what the composer felt to be acceptance and release.

Notes en Français:

To You pour voix de baryton, saxophone ténor et piano est dédié au baryton américain Kurt Ollmann qui a beaucoup oeuvré pour la promotion de la musique américaine à travers les États-Unis et à l'étranger.

La poesie de Whitman décrit un recontre avec un étranger qui le poète aime. En contraste de "To Helen" de Poe, qui traite un sujet similaire, Whitman ne cherche pas à idéaliser cette rencontre mais décrit sa mannière de voir cette personne avec brutalité et objectivité, ainsi décrivant les sentiments provoqués par cette contemplation. Pour mieux exprimer cette contraste entre l'introspection et la contemplation, il y a une alternance de climat entre les passages plus calmes et des phrases plus lyriques. La pièce termine sur l'image du poète qui regarde cette personne partir et ses sentiments d'acceptation et rélâchement.

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To You for baritone voice, tenor saxophone and Piano/pour Voix Aïgu et Piano - Set of two performance scores and saxophone part/Jeux de deux partitions and saxophone part 2295