{"id":697,"date":"2015-03-04T20:50:14","date_gmt":"2015-03-04T20:50:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=697"},"modified":"2026-04-09T09:27:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T14:27:07","slug":"compositions","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=697","title":{"rendered":"CATALOGUE"},"content":{"rendered":"<ul>\n<li>compositions listed reverse chronologically within category; score, audio &amp; video excerpts are on individual pages<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"responsive-tabs\">\n<h2 class=\"tabtitle\">ALL<\/h2>\n<div class=\"tabcontent\">\n\n<h3>ORCHESTRA<\/h3>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=6771\">Al Jazari&#8217;s Ingenious Clocks<\/a> (2024)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for orchestra: winds: 3*3*3*3*; brass: 4431; harp; piano\/celeste; timpani, 5 percussion; strings<\/strong><br \/>\nafter inventions of 12th cent. engineer Ismail Al Jazari<br \/>\n15 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=731\">Parizade and the Singing Tree<\/a> (2001\/2018)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for narrator, orchestra: winds: 2*2*2*2*; brass: 4210; harp; piano\/celeste; timpani, 4 percussion; strings<\/strong><br \/>\nfolk tale from the Arabian Nights for narrator &amp; orchestra<br \/>\n24 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=2924\">Ring the Bells at Break of Day<\/a> (2016)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for orchestra: winds: 3*3*3*3*; brass: 4331; 2 harps; piano\/celeste; timpani, 5 percussion; strings<\/strong><br \/>\n6 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=2904\">Luctus Profugis<\/a> (2016)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for string orchestra<\/strong><br \/>\nelegy for the displaced<br \/>\n6 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=712\">G. F. Handel\u2019s Messiah: The Pre-Game Show<\/a> (2011)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for actor; SATB chorus; tenor solo, baritone solo; orchestra: 2 oboes, 2 bassoon; 2 trumpets, timpani, harpsichord; strings<\/strong><br \/>\npresentation for young audiences<br \/>\n45 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=809\">Visions from Another World<\/a> (2008)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for orchestra: winds: 2*22*2; brass: 2110; harp; harpsichord; timpani, 3 percussion; strings<\/strong> (also version for <strong>sinfonietta<\/strong>)<br \/>\nafter illustrations by J. J. Grandville<br \/>\n13 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=695\">City Scenes<\/a> (2006)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for orchestra: winds: 3*3*3*3*; brass: 4331; harp; piano\/celeste; timpani, 3 percussion; strings<\/strong><br \/>\nthree urban dances for orchestra<br \/>\n11 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=720\">Lamentation on The Disasters of War<\/a> (2006)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for string orchestra <\/strong><br \/>\nafter etchings of Francisco de Goya<br \/>\n10 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=794\">The Seventh Voyage of Sindbad<\/a> (2003)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for orchestra: winds: piccolo, 2222, soprano sax, contrabssoon; brass: 4221; harp; timpani, 3 percussion; strings<\/strong><br \/>\ntone poem for orchestra<br \/>\n14 minutes<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>VOICE &amp; ORCHESTRA:<\/h3>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=7308\">The Strangers Case<\/a> (2025)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for tenor &amp; string orchestra: 44332<\/strong><br \/>\nsongs and chronicles of the immigrant experience<br \/>\n30 minutes<\/p>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=6745\">Al Hakawati<\/a> (2024)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for soprano &amp; orchestra: winds: 3*3*3*3*; brass: 4431; harp; piano\/celeste; timpani, 4 percussion; strings<\/strong><br \/>\nscenes from an opera<br \/>\n24 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=3147\">The Prisoner<\/a> (2017)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for bass voice &amp; orchestra: winds: 3*3*3*3*; brass: 4431; harp; piano\/celeste; timpani, 4 percussion; strings<\/strong><br \/>\n28 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>LARGE ENSEMBLE:<\/h3>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=731\">Parizade and the Singing Tree<\/a> (2001\/2018)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for narrator, flute*, clarinet*, violin, cello, piano, percussion<\/strong><br \/>\nfolk tale from the Arabian Nights for narrator &amp; ensemble<br \/>\n24 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=3147\">The Prisoner<\/a> (2017)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for solo bass voice, sinfonietta: 1*1*1*1* 1111 harp, piano\/celeste, percussion, strings (1|1|1|1|1)<\/strong><br \/>\n28 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=2904\">Luctus Profugis<\/a> (2016)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for 16 strings<\/strong><br \/>\nelegy for the displaced<br \/>\n6 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=694\">Cinderella<\/a> (2014)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for flute, clarinet, cornet (trumpet), trombone, string quartet &amp; percussion<\/strong><br \/>\nmusic for the 1922 silent silhouette film by Lotte Reiniger<br \/>\n13 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=792\">Ronde Fantastique<\/a> (2012)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for 10 instruments: flute*, clarinet*, trumpet, trombone. string quartet, double bass, percussion; piano<\/strong><br \/>\nafter an illustration by J. J. Grandville<br \/>\n4 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=687\">The Spinning Ballerina<\/a> (2011)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for 16 instruments: flute*, clarinet*, oboe, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, 2 percussion, harp, piano, 2 violins, viola, cello, contrabass<\/strong><br \/>\nafter an illustration by J. J. Grandville<br \/>\n6 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=712\">G. F. Handel\u2019s Messiah: The Pre-Game Show<\/a> (2011)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for actor; SATB chorus; tenor solo, baritone solo; orchestra: 2 oboes, 2 bassoon; 2 trumpets, timpani, harpsichord; strings<\/strong><br \/>\npresentation for young audiences<br \/>\n45 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=809\">Visions from Another World<\/a> (2008)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for sinfonietta: flute*, clarinet*, oboe, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, 2 percussion, harp, piano, 2 violins, viola, cello, contrabass<\/strong><br \/>\nafter illustrations by J. J. Grandville<br \/>\n13 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=720\">Lamentation on The Disasters of War<\/a> (2006)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for string sextet<\/strong><br \/>\nafter etchings of Francisco de Goya<br \/>\n10 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=698\">Concertino for Trumpet<\/a> (2004)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for trumpet &amp; sinfonietta: trumpet (C), flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, 4 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos, contrabass, 2 percussion<\/strong><br \/>\n15 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>CHAMBER:<\/h3>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=5562\"><i>Strange Machines<\/i> (String Quartet No. 4)<\/a> (2022)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for 2 violins, viola &amp; cello<\/strong><br \/>\nthree musical automata<br \/>\n12 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=5524\">Lines in Motion<\/a> (2022)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for piano trio<\/strong><br \/>\nthree pieces after kinetic illustrations by Quillivic, Masereel &amp; Esherick<br \/>\n10 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=4878\">Ignoble Dances<\/a> (2020)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for flute &amp; piano<\/strong><br \/>\nseven dances in the year 2020<br \/>\n16 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=3699\">Six Bagatelles<\/a> (2018)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for violin, cello &amp; piano<\/strong><br \/>\n10 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=3497\">Songs from the Post-Truth Era<\/a> (2018)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for soprano &amp; bassoon<\/strong><br \/>\n6 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=2737\">Stomping Grounds<\/a> (2015)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for clarinet, violin &amp; piano<\/strong><br \/>\n15 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=2779\">Tarantella<\/a> (2015)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for piano<\/strong><br \/>\nmaniacal dance<br \/>\n5 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=796\">Studies in Nature<\/a> (2014)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for harp, flute &amp; viola<\/strong><br \/>\nafter nature illustrations by Ernst Haeckel<br \/>\n12 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=692\">Canticle and Caprice<\/a> (2014)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for violin, viola, &amp; cello<\/strong><br \/>\nshort concert work for string trio<br \/>\n7 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=690\">Fantasy on Bulgarian Rhythms<\/a> (2013)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for string quartet<\/strong><br \/>\ninspired by folk dance rhythms of Bulgaria<br \/>\n7 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=729\">Paganini Reverie<\/a> (2013)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for piano<\/strong><br \/>\nshort fantasy for piano on the famous 24th caprice<br \/>\n5 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=713\">Hollows and Dells<\/a> (2013)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for viola &amp; piano<\/strong><br \/>\nconcert work in three reminiscences<br \/>\n12 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=726\">El Martillo<\/a> (2013)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for 3 pairs of bongos<\/strong><br \/>\nfantasy on an Afro-Cuban rhythm<br \/>\n3 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=802\">Thirteen\u00a0Tanka<\/a> (2013)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for baritone, oboe, viola &amp; cello<\/strong><br \/>\nsong cycle on Japanese tanka poetry<br \/>\n9 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=701\">Duo<\/a> (2012)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for flute &amp; cello<\/strong><br \/>\nconcert work in three movements<br \/>\n12 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=792\">Ronde Fantastique<\/a> (2012)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for 10 instruments<\/strong><br \/>\nafter an illustration by J. J. Grandville<br \/>\n4 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=687\">The Spinning Ballerina<\/a> (2011)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for 15 instruments<\/strong><br \/>\nafter an illustration by J. J. Grandville<br \/>\n6 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=688\">BeatBox<\/a> (2010)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for clarinet, trumpet, double bass, piano &amp; percussion<\/strong><br \/>\ndivertissement for young audiences<br \/>\n5 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\" http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=708\">Quelques Fleurs<\/a> (2010)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for clarinet, cello &amp; piano<\/strong><br \/>\nperfumed suite in four movements<br \/>\n12 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\" http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=798\">Swimmy<\/a> (2010)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for narrator, clarinet, piano, violin &amp; cello<\/strong><br \/>\nbased on the children\u2019s picture book by Leo Lionni<br \/>\n5 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=691\">Cabinet of Curiosities<\/a> (2009)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for clarinet &amp; piano<\/strong><br \/>\nconcert work in five diverse miniatures<br \/>\n15 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=732\">Pattern Preludes (books 1\u20144)<\/a> (2005, 2009, 2009, 2015)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for piano<\/strong><br \/>\n24 short figural preludes for piano (may be played individually)<br \/>\n38 minutes: book 1 (11 minutes), book 2 (8 minutes), book 3 (8 minutes), book 4 (11 minutes)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=699\"><i>The Art of Conversation<\/i> (String Quartet No. 3)<\/a> (2007)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for 2 violins, viola &amp; cello<\/strong><br \/>\nseven dialogues for string quartet<br \/>\n12 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=722\">Lingering<\/a> (2007)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for piano, violin &amp; cello<\/strong><br \/>\nringtone<br \/>\n23 seconds<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=799\">Tableau and Details<\/a> (2006)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for cello &amp; piano<\/strong><br \/>\nconcert work in one scene and four details<br \/>\n15 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=720\">Lamentation on The Disasters of War<\/a> (2006)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for string sextet (also transcribed for string orchestra)<\/strong><br \/>\nafter etchings of Francisco de Goya<br \/>\n10 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=693\">Three Character Pieces<\/a> (2006)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for bassoon &amp; viola<\/strong><br \/>\nshort concert work in three movements<br \/>\n7 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=714\">Imaginary Scenes<\/a> (2005)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for violin &amp; piano<\/strong><br \/>\nconcert work in four fantasies<br \/>\n17 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=704\">Fanfares<\/a> (2005\u2013)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for 6 trumpets<\/strong><br \/>\nthree fanfares for trumpet ensemble<br \/>\n3; 2; 2 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=810\">The Waiting Game<\/a> (2005)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for flute (\/piccolo), clarinet (\/bass clarinet), violin, cello, harp &amp; percussion<\/strong><br \/>\nchoreographic scene for dance<br \/>\n10 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=730\">Red Pajamas<\/a> (2005)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for flute (piccolo), clarinet, violin, cello, piano &amp; percussion<\/strong><br \/>\nvariations on a folk tune [a work for young audiences]<br \/>\n8 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=800\">Tagore Love Songs<\/a> (2004)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for mezzo-soprano, baritone &amp; piano<\/strong><br \/>\nsong cycle on poetry of Rabindranath Tagore<br \/>\n22 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=800\">The Secret Of Your Heart<\/a> (2004)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for mezzo-soprano &amp; piano<\/strong><br \/>\nsong cycle on poetry of Rabindranath Tagore<br \/>\n10 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=800\">The Sky With All Its Stars<\/a> (2004)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for baritone &amp; piano<\/strong><br \/>\nsong cycle on poetry of Rabindranath Tagore<br \/>\n10 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=727\">Music Box Prelude<\/a> (2004)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for piccolo, clarinet, violin, cello &amp; piano (or harp), percussion<\/strong><br \/>\nhumorous intermezzo<br \/>\n3 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=703\">Four Fables<\/a> (2003)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for flute, clarinet &amp; piano<\/strong><br \/>\nbased on fables from near and far<br \/>\n11 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=797\">Capriccios<\/a> (2002\u20132017)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for violin<\/strong><br \/>\nsix capriccios for solo violin (may be played individually)<br \/>\n12 minutes (2; 2; 2; 2; 2; 2 minutes)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=808\">Variations<\/a> (2002)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for viola &amp; piano<\/strong><br \/>\non a theme by Bartok<br \/>\n7 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=790\">String Quartet No. 2 &#8216;Etudes&#8217;<\/a> (2002)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for string quartet<\/strong><br \/>\n11 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=721\">Leila<\/a> (2001)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for baritone &amp; guitar, with optional string quartet<\/strong><br \/>\nsong cycle<br \/>\n11 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=731\">Parizade and the Singing Tree<\/a> (2001)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for narrator, flute (\/piccolo \/alto flute), clarinet (\/bass clarinet), violin, cello, piano &amp; percussion<\/strong><br \/>\nfolk tale from the Arabian Nights for narrator &amp; ensemble<br \/>\n24 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=700\">Duet<\/a> (1998)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for harp &amp; viola<\/strong><br \/>\nromance in four movements<br \/>\n11 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=811\">Winter Scenes<\/a> (1997)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for mezzo-soprano, harp, flute (\/alto flute) &amp; viola<\/strong><br \/>\nfour songs on poetry of D. G. Jones<br \/>\n13 minutes<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>VOCAL\/CHORAL:<\/h3>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=7308\">The Strangers Case<\/a> (2025)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for tenor &amp; string orchestra: 44332<\/strong><br \/>\nsongs and chronicles of the immigrant experience<br \/>\n30 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=7129\">A Joint Interest<\/a> (2025)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>chamber opera for voices (2 baritones, mezzo-soprano) &amp; large ensemble: flute*, clarinet*, cornet, trombone, 2 violins, viola, cello, contrabass, percussion (1 player)<\/strong><br \/>\nchamber opera<br \/>\n21 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=5947\">Vespertine Songs<\/a> (2023)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for baritone &amp; piano<\/strong><br \/>\nfour songs of the night<br \/>\n11 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=5960\">Four Not So Serious Songs<\/a> (2023)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for baritone &amp; piano<\/strong><br \/>\ncomic songs with texts by Robert Graves<br \/>\n9 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=5990\">Your Letter Pleased Me Greatly<\/a> (2023)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for soprano &amp; piano<\/strong><br \/>\nvariations on a text by Erasmus<br \/>\n7 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=6015\">Unsentimental Love Songs<\/a> (2023)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>assorted songs for mezzo-soprano, baritone &amp; piano<\/strong><br \/>\nsongs on the quotidian side of love<br \/>\n7 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=6041\">Two Songs from <i>The Prisoner<\/i><\/a> (2017)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for baritone &amp; piano<\/strong><br \/>\non the life and death of Adnan Latif<br \/>\n8 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=5046\">Two Songs<\/a> (2021)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for mezzo-soprano &amp; piano<\/strong><br \/>\nsongs on poetry of Reg Huston<br \/>\n4 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=3919\">The Leader<\/a> (2020)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>chamber opera for voices (2 baritones, tenor, mezzo-soprano, soprano) &amp; large ensemble: flute*, clarinet*, cornet, trombone, 2 violins, viola, cello, contrabass, percussion (1 player)<\/strong><br \/>\nchamber opera in one act<br \/>\n35 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=3476\">Die Mistel [Mistletoe]<\/a> (2019)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for baritone, piano quartet &amp; vibraphone<\/strong><br \/>\n5 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=3497\">Songs from the Post-Truth Era<\/a> (2018)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for soprano &amp; bassoon<\/strong><br \/>\n6 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=802\">Thirteen\u00a0Tanka<\/a> (2013)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for baritone, oboe, viola &amp; cello<\/strong><br \/>\nsong cycle on Japanese tanka poetry<br \/>\n9 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=804\">Orange Torches Against the Rain<\/a> (2012)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for mezzo-soprano &amp; piano<\/strong><br \/>\nsong cycle of flowers and rain after poems by Amy Lowell<br \/>\n12 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=800\">Tagore Love Songs<\/a> (2004)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for mezzo-soprano, baritone &amp; piano<\/strong><br \/>\nsong cycle on poetry of Rabindranath Tagore<br \/>\n22 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=800\">The Secret Of Your Heart<\/a> (2004)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for mezzo-soprano &amp; piano<\/strong><br \/>\nsong cycle on poetry of Rabindranath Tagore<br \/>\n10 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=800\">The Sky With All Its Stars<\/a> (2004)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for baritone &amp; piano<\/strong><br \/>\nsong cycle on poetry of Rabindranath Tagore<br \/>\n10 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=721\">Leila<\/a> (2001)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for baritone &amp; guitar, with optional string quartet<\/strong><br \/>\nsong cycle on Arabic poems of unrequited love by Majnun Leila<br \/>\n11 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=805\">A Measure In Trance<\/a> (2000)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for choir acapella SSAATTBB<\/strong><br \/>\nsix songs for choir on poetry of Al-Mutazz<br \/>\n8 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=811\">Winter Scenes<\/a> (1997)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>mezzo-soprano, harp, flute (\/alto flute) &amp; viola<\/strong><br \/>\nfour songs on poetry of D. G. Jones<br \/>\n13 minutes<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>SOLO\/DUO:<\/h3>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=5582\">Let Down the Scale of Music from the Sky<\/a> (2022)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for solo organ<\/strong><br \/>\nfantasy on a ground of Purcell<br \/>\n12 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=5490\">Loop Studies<\/a> (2021)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for violin &amp; loop pedal<\/strong><br \/>\n13 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=5046\">Two Songs<\/a> (2021)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for mezzo-soprano, &amp; piano<\/strong><br \/>\nsongs on poetry of Reg Huston<br \/>\n4 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=4878\">Ignoble Dances<\/a> (2020)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for flute &amp; piano<\/strong><br \/>\nseven dances in the year 2020<br \/>\n16 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=4913\">Toccata<\/a> (2020)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for solo organ<\/strong><br \/>\n5 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=3497\">Songs from the Post-Truth Era<\/a> (2018)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for soprano &amp; bassoon<\/strong><br \/>\n6 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=2779\">Tarantella<\/a> (2015)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for piano<\/strong><br \/>\nmaniacal dance<br \/>\n5 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=729\">Paganini Reverie<\/a> (2013)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for piano<\/strong><br \/>\nshort fantasy for piano on the famous 24th caprice<br \/>\n5 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=701\">Duo<\/a> (2012)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for flute &amp; cello<\/strong><br \/>\nconcert work in three movements<br \/>\n12 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=713\">Hollows and Dells<\/a> (2013)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for viola &amp; piano<\/strong><br \/>\nconcert work in three reminiscences<br \/>\n12 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=691\">Cabinet of Curiosities<\/a> (2009)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for clarinet &amp; piano<\/strong><br \/>\nconcert work in five diverse miniatures<br \/>\n15 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=732\">Pattern Preludes (books 1\u20134)<\/a> (2005, 2009, 2009, 2015)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for piano<\/strong><br \/>\n24 short figural preludes for piano (may be played individually)<br \/>\n38 minutes: book 1 (11 minutes), book 2 (8 minutes), book 3 (8 minutes), book 4 (11 minutes)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=799\">Tableau and Details<\/a> (2006)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for cello &amp; piano<\/strong><br \/>\nconcert work in one scene and four details<br \/>\n15 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=693\">Three Character Pieces<\/a> (2006)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for bassoon &amp; viola<\/strong><br \/>\nshort concert work in three movements<br \/>\n7 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=714\">Imaginary Scenes<\/a> (2005)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for violin &amp; piano<\/strong><br \/>\nconcert work in four fantasies<br \/>\n17 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=797\">Capriccios<\/a> (2002\u20132017)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for violin<\/strong><br \/>\nsix capriccios (may be played individually)<br \/>\n12 minutes (2; 2; 2; 2; 2; 2 minutes)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=808\">Variations<\/a> (2002)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for viola &amp; piano<\/strong><br \/>\non a theme of Bartok<br \/>\n7 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=700\">Duet<\/a> (1998)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for harp &amp; viola<\/strong><br \/>\nromance in four movements<br \/>\n11 minutes<\/p>\n\n<\/div><h2 class=\"tabtitle\">CHAMBER<\/h2>\n<div class=\"tabcontent\">\n\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=5562\"><i>Strange Machines<\/i> (String Quartet No. 4)<\/a> (2022)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for 2 violins, viola &amp; cello<\/strong><br \/>\nthree musical automata<br \/>\n12 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=5524\">Lines in Motion<\/a> (2022)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for piano trio<\/strong><br \/>\nthree pieces after kinetic illustrations by Quillivic, Masereel &amp; Esherick<br \/>\n10 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=4878\">Ignoble Dances<\/a> (2020)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for flute &amp; piano<\/strong><br \/>\nseven dances in the year 2020<br \/>\n16 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=3476\">Die Mistel [Mistletoe]<\/a> (2019)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for baritone, piano quartet &amp; vibraphone<\/strong><br \/>\n5 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=3699\">Six Bagatelles<\/a> (2018)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for violin, cello &amp; piano<\/strong><br \/>\n10 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=3497\">Songs from the Post-Truth Era<\/a> (2018)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for soprano &amp; bassoon<\/strong><br \/>\n6 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=2737\">Stomping Grounds<\/a> (2015)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for clarinet, violin &amp; piano<\/strong><br \/>\n15 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=2779\">Tarantella<\/a> (2015)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for piano<\/strong><br \/>\nmaniacal dance<br \/>\n5 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=796\">Studies in Nature<\/a> (2014)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for harp, flute &amp; viola<\/strong><br \/>\nafter nature illustrations by Ernst Haeckel<br \/>\n12 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=694\">Cinderella<\/a> (2014)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for flute, clarinet, cornet (trumpet), trombone, string quartet &amp; percussion<\/strong><br \/>\nmusic for the 1922 silent silhouette film by Lotte Reiniger<br \/>\n13 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=692\">Canticle and Caprice<\/a> (2014)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for violin, viola, &amp; cello<\/strong><br \/>\nshort concert work for string trio<br \/>\n7 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=690\">Fantasy on Bulgarian Rhythms<\/a> (2013)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for string quartet<\/strong><br \/>\ninspired by folk dance rhythms of Bulgaria<br \/>\n7 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=729\">Paganini Reverie<\/a> (2013)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for piano<\/strong><br \/>\nshort fantasy for piano on the famous 24th caprice<br \/>\n5 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=713\">Hollows and Dells<\/a> (2013)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for viola &amp; piano<\/strong><br \/>\nconcert work in three reminiscences<br \/>\n12 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=726\">El Martillo<\/a> (2013)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for 3 pairs of bongos<\/strong><br \/>\nfantasy on an Afro-Cuban rhythm<br \/>\n3 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=802\">Thirteen\u00a0Tanka<\/a> (2013)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for baritone, oboe, viola &amp; cello<\/strong><br \/>\nsong cycle on Japanese tanka poetry<br \/>\n9 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=701\">Duo<\/a> (2012)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for flute &amp; cello<\/strong><br \/>\nconcert work in three movements<br \/>\n12 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=792\">Ronde Fantastique<\/a> (2012)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for 10 instruments<\/strong><br \/>\nafter an illustration by J. J. Grandville<br \/>\n4 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=687\">The Spinning Ballerina<\/a> (2011)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for 15 instruments<\/strong><br \/>\nafter an illustration by J. J. Grandville<br \/>\n6 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=688\">BeatBox<\/a> (2010)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for clarinet, trumpet, double bass, piano &amp; percussion<\/strong><br \/>\ndivertissement for young audiences<br \/>\n5 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\" http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=708\">Quelques Fleurs<\/a> (2010)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for clarinet, cello &amp; piano<\/strong><br \/>\nperfumed suite in four movements<br \/>\n12 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\" http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=798\">Swimmy<\/a> (2010)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for narrator, clarinet, piano, violin &amp; cello<\/strong><br \/>\nbased on the children\u2019s picture book by Leo Lionni<br \/>\n5 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=691\">Cabinet of Curiosities<\/a> (2009)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for clarinet &amp; piano<\/strong><br \/>\nconcert work in five diverse miniatures<br \/>\n15 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=732\">Pattern Preludes (books 1\u20144)<\/a> (2005, 2009, 2009, 2015)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for piano<\/strong><br \/>\n24 figural preludes for piano (may be played individually)<br \/>\n38 minutes: book 1 (11 minutes), book 2 (8 minutes), book 3 (8 minutes), book 4 (11 minutes)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=699\"><i>The Art of Conversation<\/i> (String Quartet No. 3)<\/a> (2007)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for 2 violins, viola &amp; cello<\/strong><br \/>\nseven dialogues for string quartet<br \/>\n12 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=722\">Lingering<\/a> (2007)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for piano, violin &amp; cello<\/strong><br \/>\nringtone<br \/>\n23 seconds<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=799\">Tableau and Details<\/a> (2006)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for cello &amp; piano<\/strong><br \/>\nconcert work in one scene and four details<br \/>\n15 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=720\">Lamentation on The Disasters of War<\/a> (2006)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for string sextet (also transcribed for string orchestra)<\/strong><br \/>\nafter etchings of Francisco de Goya<br \/>\n10 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=693\">Three Character Pieces<\/a> (2006)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for bassoon &amp; viola<\/strong><br \/>\nshort concert work in three movements<br \/>\n7 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=714\">Imaginary Scenes<\/a> (2005)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for violin &amp; piano<\/strong><br \/>\nconcert work in four fantasies<br \/>\n17 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=704\">Fanfares<\/a> (2005\u2013)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for 6 trumpets<\/strong><br \/>\nthree fanfares for trumpet ensemble<br \/>\n3; 2; 2 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=810\">The Waiting Game<\/a> (2005)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for flute (\/piccolo), clarinet (\/bass clarinet), violin, cello, harp &amp; percussion<\/strong><br \/>\nchoreographic scene for dance<br \/>\n10 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=730\">Red Pajamas<\/a> (2005)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for flute (piccolo), clarinet, violin, cello, piano &amp; percussion<\/strong><br \/>\nvariations on a folk tune [a work for young audiences]<br \/>\n8 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=800\">Tagore Love Songs<\/a> (2004)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for mezzo-soprano, baritone &amp; piano<\/strong><br \/>\nsong cycle on poetry of Rabindranath Tagore<br \/>\n22 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=800\">The Secret Of Your Heart<\/a> (2004)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for mezzo-soprano &amp; piano<\/strong><br \/>\nsong cycle on poetry of Rabindranath Tagore<br \/>\n10 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=800\">The Sky With All Its Stars<\/a> (2004)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for baritone &amp; piano<\/strong><br \/>\nsong cycle on poetry of Rabindranath Tagore<br \/>\n10 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=727\">Music Box Prelude<\/a> (2004)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for piccolo, clarinet, violin, cello &amp; piano (or harp), percussion<\/strong><br \/>\nhumorous intermezzo<br \/>\n3 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=703\">Four Fables<\/a> (2003)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for flute, clarinet &amp; piano<\/strong><br \/>\nbased on fables from near and far<br \/>\n11 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=797\">Capriccios<\/a> (2002\u20132017)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for violin<\/strong><br \/>\nsix capriccios for solo violin (may be played individually)<br \/>\n12 minutes (2; 2; 2; 2; 2; 2 minutes)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=808\">Variations<\/a> (2002)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for viola &amp; piano<\/strong><br \/>\non a theme by Bartok<br \/>\n7 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=790\">String Quartet No. 2 &#8216;Etudes&#8217;<\/a> (2002)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for string quartet<\/strong><br \/>\nfour studies for string quartet<br \/>\n11 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=721\">Leila<\/a> (2001)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for baritone &amp; guitar, with optional string quartet<\/strong><br \/>\nsong cycle on Arabic poems of unrequited love<br \/>\n11 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=731\">Parizade and the Singing Tree<\/a> (2001)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for narrator, flute (\/piccolo \/alto flute), clarinet (\/bass clarinet), violin,cello, piano &amp; percussion<\/strong><br \/>\nfolk tale from the Arabian Nights for narrator &amp; ensemble<br \/>\n24 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=700\">Duet<\/a> (1998)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for harp &amp; viola<\/strong><br \/>\nromance in four movements<br \/>\n11 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=811\">Winter Scenes<\/a> (1997)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for mezzo-soprano, harp, flute (\/alto flute) &amp; viola<\/strong><br \/>\nfour songs on poetry of D. G. Jones<br \/>\n13 minutes<\/p>\n\n<\/div><h2 class=\"tabtitle\">ORCHESTRA<\/h2>\n<div class=\"tabcontent\">\n\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=7308\">The Strangers Case<\/a> (2025)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for tenor &amp; string orchestra: 44332<\/strong><br \/>\nsongs and chronicles of the immigrant experience<br \/>\n30 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=6771\">Al Jazari&#8217;s Ingenious Clocks<\/a> (2024)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for orchestra: winds: 3*3*3*3*; brass: 4431; harp; piano\/celeste; timpani, 5 percussion; strings<\/strong><br \/>\nafter inventions of 12th cent. engineer Ismail Al Jazari<br \/>\n15 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=6745\">Al Hakawati<\/a> (2024)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for soprano &amp; orchestra: winds: 3*3*3*3*; brass: 4431; harp; piano\/celeste; timpani, 4 percussion; strings<\/strong><br \/>\nscenes from an opera<br \/>\n24 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=731\">Parizade and the Singing Tree<\/a> (2001\/2018)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for narrator, orchestra: winds: 2*2*2*2*; brass: 4210; harp; piano\/celeste; timpani, 4 percussion; strings<\/strong><br \/>\nfolk tale from the Arabian Nights for narrator &amp; orchestra<br \/>\n24 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=3147\">The Prisoner<\/a> (2017)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for bass voice solo, orchestra: winds: 3*3*3*3*; brass: 4431; harp; piano\/celeste; timpani, 4 percussion; strings<\/strong><br \/>\n28 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=2924\">Ring the Bells at Break of Day<\/a> (2016)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for orchestra: winds: 3*3*3*3*; brass: 4331; 2 harps; piano\/celeste; timpani, 5 percussion; strings<\/strong><br \/>\n6 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=2904\">Luctus Profugis<\/a> (2016)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for string orchestra<\/strong><br \/>\nelegy for the displaced<br \/>\n6 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=712\">G. F. Handel\u2019s Messiah: The Pre-Game Show<\/a> (2011)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for actor; SATB chorus; tenor solo, baritone solo; orchestra: 2 oboes, 2 bassoon; 2 trumpets, timpani, harpsichord; strings<\/strong><br \/>\npresentation for young audiences<br \/>\n45 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=809\">Visions from Another World<\/a> (2008)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for orchestra: winds: 2*22*2; brass: 2110; harp; harpsichord; timpani, 3 percussion; strings<\/strong> (also version for <strong>sinfonietta<\/strong>)<br \/>\nafter illustrations by J. J. Grandville<br \/>\n13 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=695\">City Scenes<\/a> (2006)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for orchestra: winds: 3*3*3*3* ; brass: 4331; harp; piano\/celeste; timpani, 3 percussion; strings<\/strong><br \/>\nthree urban dances for orchestra<br \/>\n11 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=720\">Lamentation on The Disasters of War<\/a> (2006)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for string orchestra <\/strong><br \/>\nafter etchings of Francisco de Goya<br \/>\n10 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=698\">Concertino for Trumpet<\/a> (2004)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for trumpet &amp; sinfonietta: trumpet (C), flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, 4 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos, contrabass, 2 percussion<\/strong><br \/>\n15 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=794\">The Seventh Voyage of Sindbad<\/a> (2003)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for orchestra: winds: piccolo, 2222, soprano sax, contrabssoon; brass: 4221; harp; timpani, 3 percussion; strings<\/strong><br \/>\ntone poem for orchestra<br \/>\n14 minutes<\/p>\n\n<\/div><h2 class=\"tabtitle\">LARGE ENSEMBLE<\/h2>\n<div class=\"tabcontent\">\n\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=731\">Parizade and the Singing Tree<\/a> (2001\/2018)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for narrator, flute*, clarinet*, violin, cello, piano, percussion<\/strong><br \/>\nfolk tale from the Arabian Nights for narrator &amp; ensemble<br \/>\n24 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=3147\">The Prisoner<\/a> (2017)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for solo bass voice, sinfonietta: 1*1*1*1* 1111 harp, piano\/celeste, percussion, strings (1|1|1|1|1)<\/strong><br \/>\n28 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=2904\">Luctus Profugis<\/a> (2016)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for 16 strings<\/strong><br \/>\nelegy for the displaced<br \/>\n6 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=694\">Cinderella<\/a> (2014)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for flute, clarinet, cornet (trumpet), trombone, string quartet &amp; percussion<\/strong><br \/>\nmusic for the 1922 silent silhouette film by Lotte Reiniger<br \/>\n13 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=792\">Ronde Fantastique<\/a> (2012)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for 10 instruments: flute*, clarinet*, trumpet, trombone. string quartet, double bass, percussion; piano<\/strong><br \/>\nafter an illustration by J. J. Grandville<br \/>\n4 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=687\">The Spinning Ballerina<\/a> (2011)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for 16 instruments: flute*, clarinet*, oboe, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, 2 percussion, harp, piano, 2 violins, viola, cello, contrabass<\/strong><br \/>\nafter an illustration by J. J. Grandville<br \/>\n6 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=712\">G. F. Handel\u2019s Messiah: The Pre-Game Show<\/a> (2011)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for actor; SATB chorus; tenor solo, baritone solo; orchestra: 2 oboes, 2 bassoon; 2 trumpets, timpani, harpsichord; strings<\/strong><br \/>\npresentation for young audiences<br \/>\n45 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=809\">Visions from Another World<\/a> (2008)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for sinfonietta: flute*, clarinet*, oboe, bassoon, horn, trumpet, trombone, 2 percussion, harp, piano, 2 violins, viola, cello, contrabass<\/strong><br \/>\nafter illustrations by J. J. Grandville<br \/>\n13 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=720\">Lamentation on The Disasters of War<\/a> (2006)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for string sextet<\/strong><br \/>\nafter etchings of Francisco de Goya<br \/>\n10 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=698\">Concertino for Trumpet<\/a> (2004)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for trumpet &amp; sinfonietta: trumpet (C), flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, 4 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos, contrabass, 2 percussion<\/strong><br \/>\n15 minutes<\/p>\n\n<\/div><h2 class=\"tabtitle\">OPERA\/THEATRE\/FILM<\/h2>\n<div class=\"tabcontent\">\n\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=7129\">A Joint Interest<\/a> (2025)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>chamber opera for voices (2 baritones, mezzo-soprano) &amp; large ensemble: flute*, clarinet*, cornet, trombone, 2 violins, viola, cello, contrabass, percussion (1 player)<\/strong><br \/>\nchamber opera<br \/>\n21 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=3919\">The Leader<\/a> (2020)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>chamber opera for voices (2 baritones, tenor, mezzo-soprano, soprano) &amp; large ensemble: flute*, clarinet*, cornet, trombone, 2 violins, viola, cello, contrabass, percussion (1 player)<\/strong><br \/>\nchamber opera in one act<br \/>\n35 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=731\">Parizade and the Singing Tree<\/a> (2001\/2018)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for narrator, orchestra: winds: 2*2*2*2*; brass: 4210; harp; piano\/celeste; timpani, 4 percussion; strings<\/strong><br \/>\nfolk tale from the Arabian Nights for narrator &amp; orchestra<br \/>\n24 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\" http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=798\">Swimmy<\/a> (2010)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for narrator, clarinet, piano, violin &amp; cello<\/strong><br \/>\nbased on the children\u2019s picture book by Leo Lionni<br \/>\n5 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=694\">Cinderella<\/a> (2014)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for flute, clarinet, cornet (trumpet), trombone, string quartet &amp; percussion<\/strong><br \/>\nmusic for the 1922 silent silhouette film by Lotte Reiniger<br \/>\n13 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=730\">Red Pajamas<\/a> (2005)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for flute (piccolo), clarinet, violin, cello, piano &amp; percussion<\/strong><br \/>\nvariations on a folk tune [a work for young audiences]<br \/>\n8 minutes<\/p>\n\n<\/div><h2 class=\"tabtitle\">VOCAL\/CHORAL<\/h2>\n<div class=\"tabcontent\">\n\n<p><i>Songs for voice and piano are listed here collectively as cycles\/sets. Individual songs can be found under <strong>SONGS<\/strong>.<\/i><\/p>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=7308\">The Strangers Case<\/a> (2025)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for tenor &amp; string orchestra: 44332<\/strong><br \/>\nsongs and chronicles of the immigrant experience<br \/>\n30 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=7129\">A Joint Interest<\/a> (2025)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>chamber opera for voices (2 baritones, mezzo-soprano) &amp; large ensemble: flute*, clarinet*, cornet, trombone, 2 violins, viola, cello, contrabass, percussion (1 player)<\/strong><br \/>\nchamber opera<br \/>\n21 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=5947\">Vespertine Songs<\/a> (2023)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for baritone &amp; piano<\/strong><br \/>\nfour songs of the night<br \/>\n11 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=5960\">Four Not So Serious Songs<\/a> (2023)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for baritone &amp; piano<\/strong><br \/>\ncomic songs with texts by Robert Graves<br \/>\n9 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=5990\">Your Letter Pleased Me Greatly<\/a> (2023)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for soprano &amp; piano<\/strong><br \/>\nvariations on a text by Erasmus<br \/>\n7 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=6015\">Unsentimental Love Songs<\/a> (2023)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>assorted songs for mezzo-soprano, baritone &amp; piano<\/strong><br \/>\nsongs on the quotidian side of love<br \/>\n7 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=5046\">Two Songs<\/a> (2021)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for mezzo-soprano, &amp; piano<\/strong><br \/>\nsongs on poetry of Reg Huston<br \/>\n4 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=6041\">Two Songs from <i>The Prisoner<\/i><\/a> (2017)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for baritone &amp; piano<\/strong><br \/>\non the life and death of Adnan Latif<br \/>\n8 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=3919\">The Leader<\/a> (2020)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>chamber opera for voices (2 baritones, tenor, mezzo-soprano, soprano) &amp; large ensemble: flute*, clarinet*, cornet, trombone, 2 violins, viola, cello, contrabass, percussion (1 player)<\/strong><br \/>\nchamber opera in one act<br \/>\n35 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=3476\">Die Mistel [Mistletoe]<\/a> (2019)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for baritone, piano quartet &amp; vibraphone<\/strong><br \/>\n5 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=3497\">Songs from the Post-Truth Era<\/a> (2018)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for soprano &amp; bassoon<\/strong><br \/>\n6 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=802\">Thirteen\u00a0Tanka<\/a> (2013)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for baritone, oboe, viola &amp; cello<\/strong><br \/>\nsong cycle on Japanese tanka poetry<br \/>\n9 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=804\">Orange Torches Against the Rain<\/a> (2012)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for mezzo-soprano &amp; piano<\/strong><br \/>\nsong cycle of flowers and rain after poems by Amy Lowell<br \/>\n12 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=800\">Tagore Love Songs<\/a> (2004)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for mezzo-soprano, baritone &amp; piano<\/strong><br \/>\nsong cycle on poetry of Rabindranath Tagore<br \/>\n22 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=800\">The Secret Of Your Heart<\/a> (2004)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for mezzo-soprano &amp; piano<\/strong><br \/>\nsong cycle on poetry of Rabindranath Tagore<br \/>\n10 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=800\">The Sky With All Its Stars<\/a> (2004)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for baritone &amp; piano<\/strong><br \/>\nsong cycle on poetry of Rabindranath Tagore<br \/>\n10 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=721\">Leila<\/a> (2001)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for baritone &amp; guitar, with optional string quartet<\/strong><br \/>\nsong cycle<br \/>\n11 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=805\">A Measure In Trance<\/a> (2000)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for choir acapella SSAATTBB<\/strong><br \/>\nsix songs for choir on poetry of Al-Mutazz<br \/>\n8 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=811\">Winter Scenes<\/a> (1997)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>mezzo-soprano, harp, flute (\/alto flute) &amp; viola<\/strong><br \/>\nfour songs on poetry of D. G. Jones<br \/>\n13 minutes<\/p>\n\n<\/div><h2 class=\"tabtitle\">SOLO\/DUO<\/h2>\n<div class=\"tabcontent\">\n\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=5582\">Let Down the Scale of Music from the Sky<\/a> (2022)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for solo organ<\/strong><br \/>\nfantasy on a ground of Purcell<br \/>\n12 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=5490\">Loop Studies<\/a> (2021)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for violin &amp; loop pedal<\/strong><br \/>\n13 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=4878\">Ignoble Dances<\/a> (2020)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for flute &amp; piano<\/strong><br \/>\nseven dances in the year 2020<br \/>\n16 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=4913\">Toccata<\/a> (2020)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for solo organ<\/strong><br \/>\n5 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=3497\">Songs from the Post-Truth Era<\/a> (2018)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for soprano &amp; bassoon<\/strong><br \/>\n6 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=2779\">Tarantella<\/a> (2015)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for piano<\/strong><br \/>\nmaniacal dance<br \/>\n5 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=729\">Paganini Reverie<\/a> (2013)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for piano<\/strong><br \/>\nshort fantasy for piano on the famous 24th caprice<br \/>\n5 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=713\">Hollows and Dells<\/a> (2013)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for viola &amp; piano<\/strong><br \/>\nconcert work in three reminiscences<br \/>\n12 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=701\">Duo<\/a> (2012)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for flute &amp; cello<\/strong><br \/>\nconcert work in three movements<br \/>\n12 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=691\">Cabinet of Curiosities<\/a> (2009)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for clarinet &amp; piano<\/strong><br \/>\nconcert work in five diverse miniatures<br \/>\n15 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=732\">Pattern Preludes (books 1\u20134)<\/a> (2005, 2009, 2009, 2015)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for piano<\/strong><br \/>\n24 short figural preludes for piano (may be played individually)<br \/>\n38 minutes: book 1 (11 minutes), book 2 (8 minutes), book 3 (8 minutes), book 4 (11 minutes)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=799\">Tableau and Details<\/a> (2006)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for cello &amp; piano<\/strong><br \/>\nconcert work in one scene and four details<br \/>\n15 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=693\">Three Character Pieces<\/a> (2006)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for bassoon &amp; viola<\/strong><br \/>\nshort concert work in three movements<br \/>\n7 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=714\">Imaginary Scenes<\/a> (2005)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for violin &amp; piano<\/strong><br \/>\nconcert work in four fantasies<br \/>\n17 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=797\">Capriccios<\/a> (2002\u2013)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for violin<\/strong><br \/>\nsix capriccios (may be played individually)<br \/>\n12 minutes (2; 2; 2; 2; 2; 2 minutes)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=808\">Variations<\/a> (2002)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for viola &amp; piano<\/strong><br \/>\non a theme of Bartok<br \/>\n7 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=700\">Duet<\/a> (1998)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for harp &amp; viola<\/strong><br \/>\nromance in four movements<br \/>\n11 minutes<\/p>\n\n<\/div><h2 class=\"tabtitle\">PIANO<\/h2>\n<div class=\"tabcontent\">\n\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=729\">Paganini Reverie<\/a> (2013)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for piano<\/strong><br \/>\nshort fantasy for piano on the famous 24th caprice<br \/>\n5 minutes<\/p>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=732\">Pattern Preludes (books 1\u20144)<\/a> (2005, 2009, 2009, 2015)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for piano<\/strong><br \/>\n24 short figural preludes for piano (may be played individually)<br \/>\n38 minutes: book 1 (11 minutes), book 2 (8 minutes), book 3 (8 minutes), book 4 (11 minutes)<\/p>\n\n<\/div><h2 class=\"tabtitle\">ORGAN<\/h2>\n<div class=\"tabcontent\">\n\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=5582\">Let Down the Scale of Music from the Sky<\/a> (2022)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for solo organ<\/strong><br \/>\nfantasy on a ground of Purcell<br \/>\n12 minutes<\/p>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=4913\">Toccata<\/a> (2020)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for solo organ<\/strong><br \/>\n5 minutes<\/p>\n\n<\/div><h2 class=\"tabtitle\">SONGS<\/h2>\n<div class=\"tabcontent\">\n\n<p><i>Songs for voice and piano may be performed singly or in sets. Here they are listed alphabetically by <strong>title<\/strong> showing original <strong>voice part<\/strong>, <strong>voice type<\/strong> (High|Medium|Low, including alternate transpositions where available), <strong>vocal range<\/strong>, <strong>duration<\/strong>, <strong>text author<\/strong>, <strong>song set<\/strong> and <strong>premiere performers<\/strong>. A list of full song cycles\/sets (including those with ensemble accompaniment) can be found under <strong>VOCAL\/CHORAL<\/strong>.<\/i><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<div style=\"float: right;\"><div class=\"compact_audio_player_wrapper\"><div class=\"sc_player_container1\"><input type=\"button\" id=\"btnplay_69e79ffa540839.35778886\" class=\"myButton_play\" onClick=\"play_mp3('play','69e79ffa540839.35778886','http:\/\/alzand.com\/Orange_Torches_7.mp3','80','false');show_hide('play','69e79ffa540839.35778886');\" \/><input type=\"button\"  id=\"btnstop_69e79ffa540839.35778886\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"myButton_stop\" onClick=\"play_mp3('stop','69e79ffa540839.35778886','','80','false');show_hide('stop','69e79ffa540839.35778886');\" \/><div id=\"sm2-container\"><!-- flash movie ends up here --><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>A SHOWER<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 90%;\">Mezzo-Soprano (or Soprano) | Medium | D3-A5 | 1&#8217;30&#8221; | Amy Lowell | <a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=804\">Orange Torches Against the Rain<\/a> | Aidan Soder (m-s) Grant Loehnig (p)<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/scores\/Orange_Torches_Against_The_Rain_SCORE.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SCORE<\/a><\/strong> \ud834\udd1e <button onclick=\"myFunction3()\">text<\/button><\/p>\n<div id=\"myDIV3\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<pre style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">That sputter of rain, flipping the \r\nhedge-rows\r\nAnd making the highways hiss,\r\nHow I love it!\r\nAnd the touch of you upon my arm\r\nAs you press against me that my \r\numbrella\r\nMay cover you.\r\n\r\nTinkle of drops on stretched silk.\r\nWet murmur though green branches.\r\n\r\n<i>\u2014Amy Lowell<\/i><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\nfunction myFunction3() {\n  var x = document.getElementById(\"myDIV3\");\n  if (x.style.display === \"none\") {\n    x.style.display = \"block\";\n  } else {\n    x.style.display = \"none\";\n  }\n}\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;\"><div class=\"compact_audio_player_wrapper\"><div class=\"sc_player_container1\"><input type=\"button\" id=\"btnplay_69e79ffa5635f8.29497715\" class=\"myButton_play\" onClick=\"play_mp3('play','69e79ffa5635f8.29497715','http:\/\/alzand.com\/Song_I_Wish.mp3','80','false');show_hide('play','69e79ffa5635f8.29497715');\" \/><input type=\"button\"  id=\"btnstop_69e79ffa5635f8.29497715\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"myButton_stop\" onClick=\"play_mp3('stop','69e79ffa5635f8.29497715','','80','false');show_hide('stop','69e79ffa5635f8.29497715');\" \/><div id=\"sm2-container\"><!-- flash movie ends up here --><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>A SONG I WISH I&#8217;D WRITTEN<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 90%;\">Baritone | Medium | B2-E4 | 3&#8217;10&#8221; | Karim Al-Zand | Marcus DeLoach (m-s) Grant Loehnig (p)<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/scores\/A_Song_I_Wish_Id_Written_SCORE.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SCORE<\/a><\/strong> \ud834\udd1e <button onclick=\"myFunction43()\">text<\/button><\/p>\n<div id=\"myDIV43\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<pre style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Yesterday afternoon I heard a tune \r\nat my favorite caf\u00e9, as clear as day, \r\nand then again in the car\u2014I think it was NPR\u2026\r\nAnd to my dismay it cut through the fray. \r\nIts haunting melody filled me with jealousy, and made me say: \r\n\r\nNow that\u2019s a song I wish I\u2019d written! \r\nIts turns of phrase ring honest and true. \r\nIt\u2019s really my cup of tea. \r\nA mystery to me just how it came to be. \r\nThough I try, it\u2019s more than I could manage to do.\r\n\r\nNow that\u2019s a song I wish I\u2019d written! \r\nIt\u2019s bright and bold and tasteful and taut. \r\nIt ought to be penned by me. \r\nThough were it to be (theoretically)\r\nI confess, I\u2019d like it less, as often as not. \r\n\r\nThose harmonies so sweet and new\u2014\r\nand what a clever bridge, too! \r\nJust when it may flit into clich\u00e9 it \r\nsurprises you. \r\nI smile while I hear it, then shrink and think: \r\n\r\nNow that\u2019s a song I wish I\u2019d written! \r\nIts rhymes and tone so unaffected: logical yet unexpected. \r\nI wish I had done it myself. \r\nThe song is divine. I wish it were mine. \r\nBut I\u2019ll keep it up there on the shelf. \r\nMore envious than I\u2019d admit; I wish I\u2019d written it. \r\n\r\nFor I can\u2019t stand to listen to a song I wish I\u2019d written.\r\n\r\n<i>\u2014Karim Al-Zand<\/i><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\nfunction myFunction43() {\n  var x = document.getElementById(\"myDIV43\");\n  if (x.style.display === \"none\") {\n    x.style.display = \"block\";\n  } else {\n    x.style.display = \"none\";\n  }\n}\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;\"><div class=\"compact_audio_player_wrapper\"><div class=\"sc_player_container1\"><input type=\"button\" id=\"btnplay_69e79ffa5d1b69.81040331\" class=\"myButton_play\" onClick=\"play_mp3('play','69e79ffa5d1b69.81040331','http:\/\/alzand.com\/Careers_norm.mp3','80','false');show_hide('play','69e79ffa5d1b69.81040331');\" \/><input type=\"button\"  id=\"btnstop_69e79ffa5d1b69.81040331\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"myButton_stop\" onClick=\"play_mp3('stop','69e79ffa5d1b69.81040331','','80','false');show_hide('stop','69e79ffa5d1b69.81040331');\" \/><div id=\"sm2-container\"><!-- flash movie ends up here --><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>CAREERS<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 90%;\">Baritone (or Tenor) | Medium | G3-E4 | 1&#8217;45&#8221; | Robert Graves | <a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=5960\">Four Not So Serious Songs<\/a> | Mark Diamond (bar) Michael Clark (p)<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/scores\/Four_Not_So_Serious_Songs_SCORE.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SCORE<\/a><\/strong> \ud834\udd22 <button onclick=\"myFunction4()\">text<\/button><\/p>\n<div id=\"myDIV4\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<pre style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Father is quite the greatest poet\r\n  That ever lived anywhere.\r\nYou say you\u2019re going to write great \r\nmusic\u2014\r\n  I chose that first: it\u2019s unfair.\r\nBesides, now I can\u2019t be the greatest \r\npainter and\r\n  do Christ and angels, or lovely pears\r\n  and apples and grapes on a green dish,\r\n  or storms at sea, or anything lovely,\r\nBecause that\u2019s been taken by Claire.\r\n\r\nIt\u2019s stupid to be an engine-driver,\r\n  And soldiers are horrible men.\r\nI won\u2019t be a tailor, I won\u2019t be a sailor,\r\n  And gardener\u2019s taken by Ben.\r\nIt\u2019s unfair if you say that you\u2019ll write great\r\n  music, you horrid, you unkind (I simply \r\n  loathe you, though you are my\r\n  sister), you beast, cad, coward, cheat,\r\n  bully, liar!\r\nWell? Say what\u2019s left for me then!\r\n\r\nBut we won\u2019t go to your ugly music.\r\n  (Listen!) Ben will garden and dig,\r\nAnd Claire will finish her wondrous \r\npictures\r\n  All flaming and splendid and big.\r\nAnd I\u2019ll be a perfectly marvelous \r\ncarpenter,\r\n  and I\u2019ll make cupboards and benches\r\n  and tables and... and baths, and\r\n  nice wooden boxes for studs and \r\nmoney,\r\nAnd you\u2019ll be jealous, you pig!\r\n\r\n<i>\u2014Robert Graves<\/i><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\nfunction myFunction4() {\n  var x = document.getElementById(\"myDIV4\");\n  if (x.style.display === \"none\") {\n    x.style.display = \"block\";\n  } else {\n    x.style.display = \"none\";\n  }\n}\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;\"><div class=\"compact_audio_player_wrapper\"><div class=\"sc_player_container1\"><input type=\"button\" id=\"btnplay_69e79ffa609525.46716664\" class=\"myButton_play\" onClick=\"play_mp3('play','69e79ffa609525.46716664','http:\/\/alzand.com\/Careers_norm.mp3','80','false');show_hide('play','69e79ffa609525.46716664');\" \/><input type=\"button\"  id=\"btnstop_69e79ffa609525.46716664\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"myButton_stop\" onClick=\"play_mp3('stop','69e79ffa609525.46716664','','80','false');show_hide('stop','69e79ffa609525.46716664');\" \/><div id=\"sm2-container\"><!-- flash movie ends up here --><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>CARREFOUR<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 90%;\">Soprano (or Mezzo-Soprano) | Medium | D5-D#5 | 2&#8242; | Amy Lowell | <a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=5960\">Unsentimental Love Songs<\/a> | Elizabeth Polese (sop) Spencer Kryzanowski (p)<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/scores\/Carrefour_SCORE.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SCORE<\/a><\/strong> \ud834\udd22 <button onclick=\"myFunction42()\">text<\/button><\/p>\n<div id=\"myDIV42\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<pre style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">O You,\r\nWho came upon me once\r\nStretched under apple-trees just after bathing,\r\nWhy did you not strangle me before speaking\r\nRather than fill me with the wild white honey of your words\r\nAnd then leave me to the mercy\r\nOf the forest bees.\r\n\r\n<i>\u2014Amy Lowell<\/i><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\nfunction myFunction42() {\n  var x = document.getElementById(\"myDIV42\");\n  if (x.style.display === \"none\") {\n    x.style.display = \"block\";\n  } else {\n    x.style.display = \"none\";\n  }\n}\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;\"><div class=\"compact_audio_player_wrapper\"><div class=\"sc_player_container1\"><input type=\"button\" id=\"btnplay_69e79ffa6358c7.41538561\" class=\"myButton_play\" onClick=\"play_mp3('play','69e79ffa6358c7.41538561','http:\/\/alzand.com\/Tagore_Studio_8.mp3','80','false');show_hide('play','69e79ffa6358c7.41538561');\" \/><input type=\"button\"  id=\"btnstop_69e79ffa6358c7.41538561\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"myButton_stop\" onClick=\"play_mp3('stop','69e79ffa6358c7.41538561','','80','false');show_hide('stop','69e79ffa6358c7.41538561');\" \/><div id=\"sm2-container\"><!-- flash movie ends up here --><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>DO NOT GO, MY LOVE<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 90%;\">Baritone (or Tenor) | Medium | E3-F4 | 2&#8217;00&#8221; | Rabindranath Tagore | <a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=800\">Tagore Love Songs<\/a> | Paul Busselberg (bar) Calogero Di Liberto (p)<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/scores\/Tagore_Love_Songs_SCORE.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SCORE<\/a><\/strong> \ud834\udd22 <button onclick=\"myFunction5()\">text<\/button><\/p>\n<div id=\"myDIV5\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<pre style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Do not go, my love, without asking my \r\nleave.\r\n  I have watched all night, and now \r\nmy eyes are heavy with sleep.\r\n  I fear lest I lose you when I am \r\nsleeping.\r\n  Do not go, my love, without asking \r\nmy leave.\r\n\r\n  I start up and stretch my hands to \r\ntouch you. I ask myself, \u201cIs it a dream?\u201d\r\n  Could I but entangle your feet with \r\nmy heart and hold them fast to my \r\nbreast!\r\n  Do not go, my love, without asking \r\nmy leave.\r\n\r\n<i>\u2014Rabindranath Tagore<\/i><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\nfunction myFunction5() {\n  var x = document.getElementById(\"myDIV5\");\n  if (x.style.display === \"none\") {\n    x.style.display = \"block\";\n  } else {\n    x.style.display = \"none\";\n  }\n}\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;\"><div class=\"compact_audio_player_wrapper\"><div class=\"sc_player_container1\"><input type=\"button\" id=\"btnplay_69e79ffa6835c0.33641732\" class=\"myButton_play\" onClick=\"play_mp3('play','69e79ffa6835c0.33641732','http:\/\/alzand.com\/Orange_Torches_7.mp3','80','false');show_hide('play','69e79ffa6835c0.33641732');\" \/><input type=\"button\"  id=\"btnstop_69e79ffa6835c0.33641732\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"myButton_stop\" onClick=\"play_mp3('stop','69e79ffa6835c0.33641732','','80','false');show_hide('stop','69e79ffa6835c0.33641732');\" \/><div id=\"sm2-container\"><!-- flash movie ends up here --><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>DO NOT KEEP TO YOURSELF<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 90%;\">Mezzo-Soprano | Medium | G3-Eb5 | 2&#8217;20&#8221; | Rabindranath Tagore |m <a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=800\">Tagore Love Songs<\/a> | Aidan Soder (m-s) Calogero Di Liberto (p)<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/scores\/Tagore_Love_Songs_SCORE.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SCORE<\/a><\/strong> \ud834\udd1e <button onclick=\"myFunction6()\">text<\/button><\/p>\n<div id=\"myDIV6\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<pre style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Do not keep to yourself the secret of \r\nyour heart, my friend!\r\n  Say it to me, only to me, in secret.\r\n  You who smile so gently, softly whisper, \r\nmy heart will hear it, not my ears.\r\n\r\n  The night is deep, the house is silent, \r\nthe birds\u2019 nests are shrouded with sleep.\r\n  Speak to me through hesitating tears, \r\nthrough faltering smiles,\r\nthrough sweet shame and pain, the \r\nsecret of your heart!\r\n\r\n<i>\u2014Rabindranath Tagore<\/i><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\nfunction myFunction6() {\n  var x = document.getElementById(\"myDIV6\");\n  if (x.style.display === \"none\") {\n    x.style.display = \"block\";\n  } else {\n    x.style.display = \"none\";\n  }\n}\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;\"><div class=\"compact_audio_player_wrapper\"><div class=\"sc_player_container1\"><input type=\"button\" id=\"btnplay_69e79ffa6aba94.27933335\" class=\"myButton_play\" onClick=\"play_mp3('play','69e79ffa6aba94.27933335','http:\/\/alzand.com\/Orange_Torches_7.mp3','80','false');show_hide('play','69e79ffa6aba94.27933335');\" \/><input type=\"button\"  id=\"btnstop_69e79ffa6aba94.27933335\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"myButton_stop\" onClick=\"play_mp3('stop','69e79ffa6aba94.27933335','','80','false');show_hide('stop','69e79ffa6aba94.27933335');\" \/><div id=\"sm2-container\"><!-- flash movie ends up here --><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>FROM A WINDOW<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 90%;\">Mezzo-Soprano | Medium | A3-D4 | 1&#8217;00&#8221; | Amy Lowell | <a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=804\">Orange Torches Against the Rain<\/a> | Aidan Soder (m-s) Grant Loehnig (p)<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/scores\/Orange_Torches_Against_The_Rain_SCORE.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SCORE<\/a><\/strong> \ud834\udd1e <button onclick=\"myFunction7()\">text<\/button><\/p>\n<div id=\"myDIV7\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<pre style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Your footfalls on the drum bridge beside \r\n  my house  \r\nAre like the pattering drops of a passing \r\n  shower,  \r\nSo soon are they gone. \r\n\r\n<i>\u2014Amy Lowell<\/i><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\nfunction myFunction7() {\n  var x = document.getElementById(\"myDIV7\");\n  if (x.style.display === \"none\") {\n    x.style.display = \"block\";\n  } else {\n    x.style.display = \"none\";\n  }\n}\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;\"><div class=\"compact_audio_player_wrapper\"><div class=\"sc_player_container1\"><input type=\"button\" id=\"btnplay_69e79ffa6dc724.32273862\" class=\"myButton_play\" onClick=\"play_mp3('play','69e79ffa6dc724.32273862','http:\/\/alzand.com\/Glimpse.mp3','80','false');show_hide('play','69e79ffa6dc724.32273862');\" \/><input type=\"button\"  id=\"btnstop_69e79ffa6dc724.32273862\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"myButton_stop\" onClick=\"play_mp3('stop','69e79ffa6dc724.32273862','','80','false');show_hide('stop','69e79ffa6dc724.32273862');\" \/><div id=\"sm2-container\"><!-- flash movie ends up here --><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>GLIMPSE THROUGH THE FOG<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 90%;\">Mezzo-Soprano | Medium | B3-F5 | 1&#8217;45&#8221; | Reg Huston | <a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=5046\">Two Songs<\/a>| Susanne Mentzer (m-s)<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/scores\/Two_Songs_SCORE.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SCORE<\/a><\/strong> \ud834\udd1e <button onclick=\"myFunction8()\">text<\/button><\/p>\n<div id=\"myDIV8\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<pre style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">On the bay, it chokes; canyon crawling, \r\n  it intrigues, envelopes and tricks; \r\nit conceals, then, reveals, then, \r\n  conceals, again.\r\n\r\nFor an instant\r\n(and only an instant), I see; I see a wink \r\n  of sky, \r\na dash of clarity.\r\n\r\nI see what I think might be\r\nas I am inside the cloud now.\r\nI do hear the sea, so I know it is there.\r\nIt\u2019s my sea with the waves crashing \r\n  around me.\r\n\r\n<i>\u2014Reg Huston<\/i><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\nfunction myFunction8() {\n  var x = document.getElementById(\"myDIV8\");\n  if (x.style.display === \"none\") {\n    x.style.display = \"block\";\n  } else {\n    x.style.display = \"none\";\n  }\n}\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;\"><div class=\"compact_audio_player_wrapper\"><div class=\"sc_player_container1\"><input type=\"button\" id=\"btnplay_69e79ffa704951.81036944\" class=\"myButton_play\" onClick=\"play_mp3('play','69e79ffa704951.81036944','http:\/\/alzand.com\/Orange_Torches_7.mp3','80','false');show_hide('play','69e79ffa704951.81036944');\" \/><input type=\"button\"  id=\"btnstop_69e79ffa704951.81036944\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"myButton_stop\" onClick=\"play_mp3('stop','69e79ffa704951.81036944','','80','false');show_hide('stop','69e79ffa704951.81036944');\" \/><div id=\"sm2-container\"><!-- flash movie ends up here --><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>GROTESQUE<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 90%;\">Mezzo-Soprano (or Soprano) | Medium | C4-G#5 | 1&#8217;00&#8221; | Amy Lowell | <a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=804\">Orange Torches Against the Rain<\/a> | Aidan Soder (m-s) Grant Loehnig (p)<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/scores\/Orange_Torches_Against_The_Rain_SCORE.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SCORE<\/a><\/strong> \ud834\udd1e <button onclick=\"myFunction9()\">text<\/button><\/p>\n<div id=\"myDIV9\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<pre style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Why do the lilies goggle their tongues \r\n  at me\r\nWhen I pluck them;\r\nAnd writhe, and twist,\r\nAnd strangle themselves against my \r\n  fingers,\r\nSo that I can hardly weave the garland\r\nFor your hair?\r\nWhy do they shriek your name\r\nAnd spit at me\r\nWhen I would cluster them?\r\nMust I kill them\r\nTo make them lie still,\r\nAnd send you a wreath of lolling corpses\r\nTo turn putrid and soft\r\nOn your forehead\r\nWhile you dance?\r\n\r\n<i>\u2014Amy Lowell<\/i><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\nfunction myFunction9() {\n  var x = document.getElementById(\"myDIV9\");\n  if (x.style.display === \"none\") {\n    x.style.display = \"block\";\n  } else {\n    x.style.display = \"none\";\n  }\n}\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;\"><div class=\"compact_audio_player_wrapper\"><div class=\"sc_player_container1\"><input type=\"button\" id=\"btnplay_69e79ffa723d48.67300634\" class=\"myButton_play\" onClick=\"play_mp3('play','69e79ffa723d48.67300634','http:\/\/alzand.com\/Tagore_Studio_9.mp3','80','false');show_hide('play','69e79ffa723d48.67300634');\" \/><input type=\"button\"  id=\"btnstop_69e79ffa723d48.67300634\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"myButton_stop\" onClick=\"play_mp3('stop','69e79ffa723d48.67300634','','80','false');show_hide('stop','69e79ffa723d48.67300634');\" \/><div id=\"sm2-container\"><!-- flash movie ends up here --><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>HE WHISPERED, MY LOVE<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 90%;\">Mezzo-Soprano | Medium | Bb3-G5 | 3&#8217;00&#8221; | Rabindranath Tagore | <a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=800\">Tagore Love Songs<\/a> | Aidan Soder (m-s) Calogero Di Liberto (p)<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/scores\/Tagore_Love_Songs_SCORE.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SCORE<\/a><\/strong> \ud834\udd1e <button onclick=\"myFunction10()\">text<\/button><\/p>\n<div id=\"myDIV10\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<pre style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">He whispered, \u201cMy love, raise your eyes.\u201d\r\n  I sharply chided him, and said \u201cGo!\u201d; \r\nbut he did not stir.\r\n  He stood before me and held both \r\nmy hands. I said, \u201cLeave me!\u201d;\r\nbut he did not go.\r\n\r\n He brought his face near my ear. I \r\nglanced at him and said,\r\n\u201cWhat a shame!\u201d; but he did not move.\r\n  His lips touched my cheek. I trembled \r\nand said, \u201cYou dare too much\u201d; but \r\nhe had no shame.\r\n\r\n  He put a flower in my hair. I said, \u201cIt \r\nis useless!\u201d; but he stood unmoved.\r\n  He took the garland from my neck and \r\nwent away. I weep and ask my heart, \r\n\u201cWhy does he not come back?\u201d\r\n\r\n<i>\u2014Rabindranath Tagore<\/i><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\nfunction myFunction10() {\n  var x = document.getElementById(\"myDIV10\");\n  if (x.style.display === \"none\") {\n    x.style.display = \"block\";\n  } else {\n    x.style.display = \"none\";\n  }\n}\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;\"><div class=\"compact_audio_player_wrapper\"><div class=\"sc_player_container1\"><input type=\"button\" id=\"btnplay_69e79ffa74e614.82459932\" class=\"myButton_play\" onClick=\"play_mp3('play','69e79ffa74e614.82459932','http:\/\/alzand.com\/Tagore_Studio_10.mp3','80','false');show_hide('play','69e79ffa74e614.82459932');\" \/><input type=\"button\"  id=\"btnstop_69e79ffa74e614.82459932\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"myButton_stop\" onClick=\"play_mp3('stop','69e79ffa74e614.82459932','','80','false');show_hide('stop','69e79ffa74e614.82459932');\" \/><div id=\"sm2-container\"><!-- flash movie ends up here --><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>IF YOU WOULD HAVE IT SO<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 90%;\">Baritone (or Tenor) | Medium | D3-F#4 | 1&#8217;20&#8221; | Rabindranath Tagore | <a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=800\">Tagore Love Songs<\/a> | Paul Busselberg (bar) Calogero Di Liberto (p)<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/scores\/Tagore_Love_Songs_SCORE.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SCORE<\/a><\/strong> \ud834\udd22 <button onclick=\"myFunction11()\">text<\/button><\/p>\n<div id=\"myDIV11\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<pre style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">If you would have it so, I will end my \r\nsinging.\r\n  If it sets your heart aflutter, I will take \r\naway my eyes from your face.\r\n  If it suddenly startles you in your walk, \r\nI will step aside and take another path.\r\n  If it confuses you in your flower-weaving, \r\nI will shun your lonely garden.\r\n  If it makes the water wanton and wild, \r\nI will not row my boat by your bank.\r\n\r\n<i>\u2014Rabindranath Tagore<\/i><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\nfunction myFunction11() {\n  var x = document.getElementById(\"myDIV11\");\n  if (x.style.display === \"none\") {\n    x.style.display = \"block\";\n  } else {\n    x.style.display = \"none\";\n  }\n}\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;\"><div class=\"compact_audio_player_wrapper\"><div class=\"sc_player_container1\"><input type=\"button\" id=\"btnplay_69e79ffa773ea3.02092384\" class=\"myButton_play\" onClick=\"play_mp3('play','69e79ffa773ea3.02092384','http:\/\/alzand.com\/Insomnia.mp3','80','false');show_hide('play','69e79ffa773ea3.02092384');\" \/><input type=\"button\"  id=\"btnstop_69e79ffa773ea3.02092384\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"myButton_stop\" onClick=\"play_mp3('stop','69e79ffa773ea3.02092384','','80','false');show_hide('stop','69e79ffa773ea3.02092384');\" \/><div id=\"sm2-container\"><!-- flash movie ends up here --><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>INSOMNIA<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 90%;\">Baritone | Medium | C3-D#4 | 2&#8217;50&#8221; | Marina Tsvetaeva | <a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=5947\">Vespertine Songs<\/a> | Marcus DeLoach (bar) Grant Loehnig (p)<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/scores\/Vespertine_Songs_SCORE.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SCORE<\/a><\/strong> \ud834\udd22 <button onclick=\"myFunction13()\">text<\/button><\/p>\n<div id=\"myDIV13\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<pre style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">One more brightened window \r\nWhere no one sleeps tonight:  \r\nMaybe they\u2019re drinking wine, \r\nOr maybe just sitting.\r\nPerhaps two lover\u2019s hands\r\nCling, hesitant to part.\r\nIn every house, my friend,\r\nThere\u2019s a window like that\r\nKeeping darkness at bay\r\nFrom restive, sleepless eyes.\r\nBright nighttime window, you\r\nFrame greetings and farewells!\r\nMaybe the lights fluoresce\r\nOr maybe a lamp glows.\r\nBut this is how it starts\u2026\r\nMy mind wants peace, my friend.\r\nGaze on my sleepless house\u2014\r\nmy window gleams tonight.\r\n\r\n<i>\u2014Marina Tsvetaeva<\/i><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\nfunction myFunction13() {\n  var x = document.getElementById(\"myDIV13\");\n  if (x.style.display === \"none\") {\n    x.style.display = \"block\";\n  } else {\n    x.style.display = \"none\";\n  }\n}\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;\"><div class=\"compact_audio_player_wrapper\"><div class=\"sc_player_container1\"><input type=\"button\" id=\"btnplay_69e79ffa798bd4.59083775\" class=\"myButton_play\" onClick=\"play_mp3('play','69e79ffa798bd4.59083775','http:\/\/alzand.com\/Wee_Hours.mp3','80','false');show_hide('play','69e79ffa798bd4.59083775');\" \/><input type=\"button\"  id=\"btnstop_69e79ffa798bd4.59083775\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"myButton_stop\" onClick=\"play_mp3('stop','69e79ffa798bd4.59083775','','80','false');show_hide('stop','69e79ffa798bd4.59083775');\" \/><div id=\"sm2-container\"><!-- flash movie ends up here --><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>IN THE WEE HOURS<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 90%;\">Mezzo-Soprano | Medium | C4-F5 | 1&#8217;45&#8221; | Reg Huston | <a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=5046\">Two Songs<\/a> | Susanne Mentzer (m-s)<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/scores\/Tagore_Love_Songs_SCORE.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SCORE<\/a><\/strong> \ud834\udd1e <button onclick=\"myFunction14()\">text<\/button><\/p>\n<div id=\"myDIV14\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<pre style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">In the wee hours, when it is so quiet, \r\nthe only sound is the twinkling of distant \r\n  stars,\r\nI see you.\r\nLight years away and, yet,\r\nI see you.\r\nI see you as I have always seen you:\r\nbright, dazzling, brilliant; unreachable \r\n  but so comforting.\r\n\r\n<i>\u2014Reg Huston<\/i><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\nfunction myFunction14() {\n  var x = document.getElementById(\"myDIV14\");\n  if (x.style.display === \"none\") {\n    x.style.display = \"block\";\n  } else {\n    x.style.display = \"none\";\n  }\n}\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;\"><div class=\"compact_audio_player_wrapper\"><div class=\"sc_player_container1\"><input type=\"button\" id=\"btnplay_69e79ffa7bbb41.72033382\" class=\"myButton_play\" onClick=\"play_mp3('play','69e79ffa7bbb41.72033382','http:\/\/alzand.com\/I_shall_forget_you.mp3','80','false');show_hide('play','69e79ffa7bbb41.72033382');\" \/><input type=\"button\"  id=\"btnstop_69e79ffa7bbb41.72033382\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"myButton_stop\" onClick=\"play_mp3('stop','69e79ffa7bbb41.72033382','','80','false');show_hide('stop','69e79ffa7bbb41.72033382');\" \/><div id=\"sm2-container\"><!-- flash movie ends up here --><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>I SHALL FORGET YOU PRESENTLY, MY DEAR<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 90%;\">Mezzo-Soprano | Medium | Bb3-E5 | 3&#8217;20&#8221; | Edna St. Vincent Millay | <a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=6015\">Unsentimental Love Songs<\/a> | Julia Holoman (m-s) James Palmer (p)<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/scores\/I_Shall_Forget_You_SCORE.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SCORE<\/a><\/strong> \ud834\udd1e <button onclick=\"myFunction12()\">text<\/button><\/p>\n<div id=\"myDIV12\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<pre style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">I shall forget you presently, my dear,\r\nSo make the most of this, your little day,\r\nYour little month, your little half a year,\r\nEre I forget, or die, or move away,\r\nAnd we are done forever; by and by\r\nI shall forget you, as I said, but now,\r\nIf you entreat me with your loveliest lie\r\nI will protest you with my favorite vow.\r\nI would indeed that love were \r\n  longer-lived,\r\nAnd vows were not so brittle as they are,\r\nBut so it is, and nature has contrived\r\nTo struggle on without a break thus far,\r\nWhether or not we find what we \r\n  are seeking\r\nIs idle, biologically speaking.\r\n\r\n<i>\u2014Edn St. Vincent Millay<\/i><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\nfunction myFunction12() {\n  var x = document.getElementById(\"myDIV12\");\n  if (x.style.display === \"none\") {\n    x.style.display = \"block\";\n  } else {\n    x.style.display = \"none\";\n  }\n}\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;\"><div class=\"compact_audio_player_wrapper\"><div class=\"sc_player_container1\"><input type=\"button\" id=\"btnplay_69e79ffa833006.12045403\" class=\"myButton_play\" onClick=\"play_mp3('play','69e79ffa833006.12045403','http:\/\/alzand.com\/Tagore_Studio_6.mp3','80','false');show_hide('play','69e79ffa833006.12045403');\" \/><input type=\"button\"  id=\"btnstop_69e79ffa833006.12045403\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"myButton_stop\" onClick=\"play_mp3('stop','69e79ffa833006.12045403','','80','false');show_hide('stop','69e79ffa833006.12045403');\" \/><div id=\"sm2-container\"><!-- flash movie ends up here --><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>IT WAS IN MAY<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 90%;\">Baritone (or Tenor) | Medium | Ab2-F4 | 2&#8217;15&#8221; | Rabindranath Tagore | <a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=800\">Tagore Love Songs<\/a> | Paul Busselberg (bar) Calogero Di Liberto (p)<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/scores\/Tagore_Love_Songs_SCORE.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SCORE<\/a><\/strong> \ud834\udd22 <button onclick=\"myFunction15()\">text<\/button><\/p>\n<div id=\"myDIV15\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<pre style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">t was in May. \r\nThe sultry noon seemed endlessly long. \r\nThe dry earth gaped with thirst in \r\nthe heat.\r\n  When I heard from the riverside a voice \r\ncalling, \u201cCome, my darling!\u201d\r\n  I shut my book and opened the window \r\nto look out.\r\n  I saw a big buffalo with mud-stained \r\nhide, standing near the river with placid, \r\npatient eyes; and a youth, knee deep in\r\nwater, calling it to its bath.\r\n  I smiled amused and felt a touch of \r\nsweetness in my heart.\r\n\r\n<i>\u2014Rabindranath Tagore<\/i><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\nfunction myFunction15() {\n  var x = document.getElementById(\"myDIV15\");\n  if (x.style.display === \"none\") {\n    x.style.display = \"block\";\n  } else {\n    x.style.display = \"none\";\n  }\n}\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;\"><div class=\"compact_audio_player_wrapper\"><div class=\"sc_player_container1\"><input type=\"button\" id=\"btnplay_69e79ffa87b5e2.02860556\" class=\"myButton_play\" onClick=\"play_mp3('play','69e79ffa87b5e2.02860556','http:\/\/alzand.com\/Tagore_Studio_4.mp3','80','false');show_hide('play','69e79ffa87b5e2.02860556');\" \/><input type=\"button\"  id=\"btnstop_69e79ffa87b5e2.02860556\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"myButton_stop\" onClick=\"play_mp3('stop','69e79ffa87b5e2.02860556','','80','false');show_hide('stop','69e79ffa87b5e2.02860556');\" \/><div id=\"sm2-container\"><!-- flash movie ends up here --><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>I WOULD ASK FOR STILL MORE<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 90%;\">Baritone (or Tenor) | Medium | Bb2-Bb4* | 2&#8217;20&#8221; | Rabindranath Tagore | <a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=800\">Tagore Love Songs<\/a> | Paul Busselberg (bar) Calogero Di Liberto (p)<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/scores\/Tagore_Love_Songs_SCORE.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SCORE<\/a><\/strong> \ud834\udd22 <button onclick=\"myFunction16()\">text<\/button><\/p>\n<div id=\"myDIV16\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<pre style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">I would ask for still more, \r\nif I had the sky with all its stars, \r\nand the world with its endless riches; \r\nbut I would be content with the smallest \r\ncorner of this earth if only she were mine.\r\n\r\n<i>\u2014Rabindranath Tagore<\/i><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\nfunction myFunction16() {\n  var x = document.getElementById(\"myDIV16\");\n  if (x.style.display === \"none\") {\n    x.style.display = \"block\";\n  } else {\n    x.style.display = \"none\";\n  }\n}\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;\"><div class=\"compact_audio_player_wrapper\"><div class=\"sc_player_container1\"><input type=\"button\" id=\"btnplay_69e79ffa8ab595.56885756\" class=\"myButton_play\" onClick=\"play_mp3('play','69e79ffa8ab595.56885756','http:\/\/alzand.com\/Longing.mp3','80','false');show_hide('play','69e79ffa8ab595.56885756');\" \/><input type=\"button\"  id=\"btnstop_69e79ffa8ab595.56885756\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"myButton_stop\" onClick=\"play_mp3('stop','69e79ffa8ab595.56885756','','80','false');show_hide('stop','69e79ffa8ab595.56885756');\" \/><div id=\"sm2-container\"><!-- flash movie ends up here --><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>LONGING<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 90%;\">Baritone | Medium | C3-E4 | 4&#8217;30&#8221; | Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi | <a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=6041\">Two Songs from The Prisoner<\/a> | Marcus DeLoach (bar) Grant Loehnig (p)<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/scores\/Two_Songs_From_The_Prisoner_SCORE.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SCORE<\/a><\/strong> \ud834\udd22 <button onclick=\"myFunction17()\">text<\/button><\/p>\n<div id=\"myDIV17\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<pre style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">It\u2019s so long since I spent the night \r\n  with you.\r\nMy friends! You know how we were \r\n  torn apart.\r\nLove of my soul, where will we \r\n  meet again?\r\nNoon Sun! I need your brightness \r\n  in my heart.\r\nHey! Full Moon! Blinding light that stuns \r\n  all men!\r\nSo long deserted, I want none but you.\r\nYou were my Morning Breeze, who \r\n  brought good news. \r\nSeduce me now. Save me with love \r\n  once more.\r\nOn that strange and fateful night\r\nyou will hear a familiar voice.\r\nThe euphoria of love will sweep over \r\n  your grave;\r\nit will bring wine and friends, \r\n  candles and food.\r\n\r\n<i>\u2014Jalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi<\/i><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\nfunction myFunction17() {\n  var x = document.getElementById(\"myDIV17\");\n  if (x.style.display === \"none\") {\n    x.style.display = \"block\";\n  } else {\n    x.style.display = \"none\";\n  }\n}\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;\"><div class=\"compact_audio_player_wrapper\"><div class=\"sc_player_container1\"><input type=\"button\" id=\"btnplay_69e79ffa8f3ee3.86115302\" class=\"myButton_play\" onClick=\"play_mp3('play','69e79ffa8f3ee3.86115302','http:\/\/alzand.com\/Tagore_Studio_5.mp3','80','false');show_hide('play','69e79ffa8f3ee3.86115302');\" \/><input type=\"button\"  id=\"btnstop_69e79ffa8f3ee3.86115302\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"myButton_stop\" onClick=\"play_mp3('stop','69e79ffa8f3ee3.86115302','','80','false');show_hide('stop','69e79ffa8f3ee3.86115302');\" \/><div id=\"sm2-container\"><!-- flash movie ends up here --><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>MY HEART, THE BIRD OF THE WILDERNESS<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 90%;\">Mezzo-Soprano (or Soprano) | Medium | Eb4-G5 | 2&#8217;30&#8221; | Rabindranath Tagore | <a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=800\">Tagore Love Songs<\/a> | Aidan Soder (m-s) Calogero Di Liberto (p)<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/scores\/Tagore_Love_Songs_SCORE.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SCORE<\/a><\/strong> \ud834\udd1e <button onclick=\"myFunction18()\">text<\/button><\/p>\n<div id=\"myDIV18\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<pre style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">My heart, the bird of the wilderness, \r\nhas found its sky in your eyes.\r\n  They are the cradle of the morning, \r\nthey are the kingdom of the stars.\r\n  My songs are lost in their depths.\r\n  Let me but soar in that sky, in its lonely \r\nimmensity.\r\n  Let me but cleave its clouds \r\nand spread wings in its sunshine.\r\n\r\n<i>\u2014Rabindranath Tagore<\/i><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\nfunction myFunction18() {\n  var x = document.getElementById(\"myDIV18\");\n  if (x.style.display === \"none\") {\n    x.style.display = \"block\";\n  } else {\n    x.style.display = \"none\";\n  }\n}\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;\"><div class=\"compact_audio_player_wrapper\"><div class=\"sc_player_container1\"><input type=\"button\" id=\"btnplay_69e79ffa9100a1.61437834\" class=\"myButton_play\" onClick=\"play_mp3('play','69e79ffa9100a1.61437834','http:\/\/alzand.com\/Tagore_Studio_7.mp3','80','false');show_hide('play','69e79ffa9100a1.61437834');\" \/><input type=\"button\"  id=\"btnstop_69e79ffa9100a1.61437834\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"myButton_stop\" onClick=\"play_mp3('stop','69e79ffa9100a1.61437834','','80','false');show_hide('stop','69e79ffa9100a1.61437834');\" \/><div id=\"sm2-container\"><!-- flash movie ends up here --><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>MY SONGS ARE LIKE BEES<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 90%;\">Mezzo-Soprano | Medium | G3*-Db4 | 1&#8217;20&#8221; | Rabindranath Tagore | <a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=800\">Tagore Love Songs<\/a> | Aidan Soder (m-s) Calogero Di Liberto (p)<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/scores\/Tagore_Love_Songs_SCORE.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SCORE<\/a><\/strong> \ud834\udd1e <button onclick=\"myFunction19()\">text<\/button><\/p>\n<div id=\"myDIV19\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<pre style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">My songs are like bees; \r\nthey follow through the air some fragrant\r\ntrace\u2014some memory\u2014of you, to hum \r\n  around your shyness, \r\neager for its hidden store.\r\n\r\nWhen the freshness of dawn droops in \r\n  the sun, \r\nwhen in the noon the air hangs low with \r\n  heaviness \r\nand the forest is silent, my songs return \r\n  home,\r\ntheir languid wings dusted with gold.\r\n\r\n<i>\u2014Rabindranath Tagore<\/i><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\nfunction myFunction19() {\n  var x = document.getElementById(\"myDIV19\");\n  if (x.style.display === \"none\") {\n    x.style.display = \"block\";\n  } else {\n    x.style.display = \"none\";\n  }\n}\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;\"><div class=\"compact_audio_player_wrapper\"><div class=\"sc_player_container1\"><input type=\"button\" id=\"btnplay_69e79ffa92fc47.75558762\" class=\"myButton_play\" onClick=\"play_mp3('play','69e79ffa92fc47.75558762','http:\/\/alzand.com\/Nocturne.mp3','80','false');show_hide('play','69e79ffa92fc47.75558762');\" \/><input type=\"button\"  id=\"btnstop_69e79ffa92fc47.75558762\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"myButton_stop\" onClick=\"play_mp3('stop','69e79ffa92fc47.75558762','','80','false');show_hide('stop','69e79ffa92fc47.75558762');\" \/><div id=\"sm2-container\"><!-- flash movie ends up here --><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>NOCTURNE<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 90%;\">Baritone | Medium | C3-E4 | 3&#8217;45&#8221; | Anne Knish = Arthur Davison Ficke | <a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=5947\">Vespertine Songs<\/a> | Marcus DeLoach (bar) Grant Loehnig (p)<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/scores\/Vespertine_Songs_SCORE.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SCORE<\/a><\/strong> \ud834\udd22 <button onclick=\"myFunction20()\">text<\/button><\/p>\n<div id=\"myDIV20\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<pre style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Sounds, pure sounds\u2014\r\nNothing\u2014\r\nVibrancies of the air\r\nAnd yet\u2014\r\n\r\nThis summer night\r\nThere are crickets shrilling\r\nBeyond the deep bassoon of frogs.\r\nThey cease for a moment\r\nAs the rattling clangor\r\nOf the trolley\r\nBumps by.\r\nI hear footsteps\r\nHollow on the pavement\r\nNow deserted\r\nAnd blank of sound.\r\nThey die.\r\nThe crickets now are sleeping;\r\nEven the leaves grow still.\r\n\r\nAnd slowly\r\nOut of the blankness, out of the silence,\r\nEmerges on soundless wings\r\nThe long sweet-sloping\r\nRise and fall of far viol notes,\u2014\r\nThe mad Nirvana,\r\nThe faint and spectral\r\nDream-music\r\nOf my heart\u2019s desire.\r\n\r\n<i>\u2014Anne Knish (Arthur Davison Ficke)<\/i><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\nfunction myFunction20() {\n  var x = document.getElementById(\"myDIV20\");\n  if (x.style.display === \"none\") {\n    x.style.display = \"block\";\n  } else {\n    x.style.display = \"none\";\n  }\n}\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>O, COOL IS THE VALLEY<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 90%;\">Mezzo-Soprano | Medium | B3-Eb5 | 1&#8217;15&#8221; | James Joyce | Aidan Soder (m-s) Wesley Ducote (p)<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/scores\/O_Cool_Is_The_Valley_Now_SCORE.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SCORE<\/a><\/strong> \ud834\udd1e <button onclick=\"myFunction44()\">text<\/button><\/p>\n<div id=\"myDIV44\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<pre style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">O cool is the valley now\r\nAnd there, love, will we go\r\nFor many a choir is singing now\r\nWhere Love did sometime go.\r\nAnd hear you not the thrushes calling,\r\nCalling us away?\r\nO cool and pleasant is the valley\r\nAnd there, love, will we stay.\r\n\r\n<i>\u2014James Joyce<\/i><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\nfunction myFunction44() {\n  var x = document.getElementById(\"myDIV44\");\n  if (x.style.display === \"none\") {\n    x.style.display = \"block\";\n  } else {\n    x.style.display = \"none\";\n  }\n}\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;\"><div class=\"compact_audio_player_wrapper\"><div class=\"sc_player_container1\"><input type=\"button\" id=\"btnplay_69e79ffa94f0f5.44171636\" class=\"myButton_play\" onClick=\"play_mp3('play','69e79ffa94f0f5.44171636','http:\/\/alzand.com\/Of_An_Evening.mp3','80','false');show_hide('play','69e79ffa94f0f5.44171636');\" \/><input type=\"button\"  id=\"btnstop_69e79ffa94f0f5.44171636\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"myButton_stop\" onClick=\"play_mp3('stop','69e79ffa94f0f5.44171636','','80','false');show_hide('stop','69e79ffa94f0f5.44171636');\" \/><div id=\"sm2-container\"><!-- flash movie ends up here --><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>OF AN EVENING<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 90%;\">Baritone | Medium | A#2-D4 | 2&#8217;15&#8221; | Charles Dickens | <a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=5947\">Vespertine Songs<\/a> | Marcus DeLoach (bar) Grant Loehnig (p)<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/scores\/Vespertine_Songs_SCORE.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SCORE<\/a><\/strong> \ud834\udd22 <button onclick=\"myFunction21()\">text<\/button><\/p>\n<div id=\"myDIV21\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<pre style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">The water of the fountain ran, \r\nthe swift river ran, \r\nthe day ran into evening, \r\nso much life in the city ran into death \r\n  according to rule, \r\ntime and tide waited for no man, \r\nthe rats were sleeping close together \r\n  in their dark holes again, \r\nthe Fancy Ball was lighted up at supper, \r\nall things ran their course.\r\nThe clouds were drifting over the moon \r\n  at their giddiest speed;\r\nAn evening wind uprose, too:\r\nWithering leaves no longer quiet, \r\nhurried to and fro in search of shelter.\r\n\r\n<i>\u2014Charles Dickens<\/i><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\nfunction myFunction21() {\n  var x = document.getElementById(\"myDIV21\");\n  if (x.style.display === \"none\") {\n    x.style.display = \"block\";\n  } else {\n    x.style.display = \"none\";\n  }\n}\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;\"><div class=\"compact_audio_player_wrapper\"><div class=\"sc_player_container1\"><input type=\"button\" id=\"btnplay_69e79ffa99e109.81381300\" class=\"myButton_play\" onClick=\"play_mp3('play','69e79ffa99e109.81381300','http:\/\/alzand.com\/Orange_Torches_8.mp3','80','false');show_hide('play','69e79ffa99e109.81381300');\" \/><input type=\"button\"  id=\"btnstop_69e79ffa99e109.81381300\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"myButton_stop\" onClick=\"play_mp3('stop','69e79ffa99e109.81381300','','80','false');show_hide('stop','69e79ffa99e109.81381300');\" \/><div id=\"sm2-container\"><!-- flash movie ends up here --><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>PASSING THE BAMBOO FENCE<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 90%;\">Mezzo-Soprano | Medium | G#3-G#4 | 0&#8217;30&#8221; | Amy Lowell | <a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=804\">Orange Torches Against the Rain<\/a> | Aidan Soder (m-s) Grant Loehnig (p)<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/scores\/Orange_Torches_Against_The_Rain_SCORE.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SCORE<\/a><\/strong> \ud834\udd1e <button onclick=\"myFunction22()\">text<\/button><\/p>\n<div id=\"myDIV22\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<pre style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">What fell upon my open umbrella\u2014\r\nA plum-blossom? \r\n\r\n<i>\u2014Amy Lowell<\/i><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\nfunction myFunction22() {\n  var x = document.getElementById(\"myDIV22\");\n  if (x.style.display === \"none\") {\n    x.style.display = \"block\";\n  } else {\n    x.style.display = \"none\";\n  }\n}\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;\"><div class=\"compact_audio_player_wrapper\"><div class=\"sc_player_container1\"><input type=\"button\" id=\"btnplay_69e79ffa9d6618.32704527\" class=\"myButton_play\" onClick=\"play_mp3('play','69e79ffa9d6618.32704527','http:\/\/alzand.com\/Points_and_Lines.mp3','80','false');show_hide('play','69e79ffa9d6618.32704527');\" \/><input type=\"button\"  id=\"btnstop_69e79ffa9d6618.32704527\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"myButton_stop\" onClick=\"play_mp3('stop','69e79ffa9d6618.32704527','','80','false');show_hide('stop','69e79ffa9d6618.32704527');\" \/><div id=\"sm2-container\"><!-- flash movie ends up here --><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>POINTS AND LINES<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 90%;\">Baritone | Medium | D3-D#4 | 1&#8217;15&#8221; | Aldus Huxley | <a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=5947\">Vespertine Songs<\/a> | Marcus DeLoach (bar) Grant Loehnig (p)<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/scores\/Vespertine_Songs_SCORE.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SCORE<\/a><\/strong> \ud834\udd22 <button onclick=\"myFunction23()\">text<\/button><\/p>\n<div id=\"myDIV23\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<pre style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Instants in the quiet, small sharp stars,\r\nPierce my spirit with a thrust whose \r\n  speed\r\nBaffles even the grasp of time.\r\nOh that I might reflect them\r\nAs swiftly, as keenly as they shine.\r\nBut I am a pool of waters, summer-still,\r\nAnd the stars are mirrored across me;\r\nThose stabbing points of the sky\r\nTurned to a thread of shaken silver,\r\nA long fine thread.\r\n\r\n<i>\u2014Aldus Huxley<\/i><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\nfunction myFunction23() {\n  var x = document.getElementById(\"myDIV23\");\n  if (x.style.display === \"none\") {\n    x.style.display = \"block\";\n  } else {\n    x.style.display = \"none\";\n  }\n}\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;\"><div class=\"compact_audio_player_wrapper\"><div class=\"sc_player_container1\"><input type=\"button\" id=\"btnplay_69e79ffaa1a5f8.04536836\" class=\"myButton_play\" onClick=\"play_mp3('play','69e79ffaa1a5f8.04536836','http:\/\/alzand.com\/Orange_Torches_1.mp3','80','false');show_hide('play','69e79ffaa1a5f8.04536836');\" \/><input type=\"button\"  id=\"btnstop_69e79ffaa1a5f8.04536836\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"myButton_stop\" onClick=\"play_mp3('stop','69e79ffaa1a5f8.04536836','','80','false');show_hide('stop','69e79ffaa1a5f8.04536836');\" \/><div id=\"sm2-container\"><!-- flash movie ends up here --><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>PRAYER FOR A PROFUSION OF SUNFLOWERS<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 90%;\">Mezzo-Soprano | Medium | D4-F#5 | 1&#8217;15&#8221; | Amy Lowell | <a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=804\">Orange Torches Against the Rain<\/a> | Aidan Soder (m-s) Grant Loehnig (p)<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/scores\/Orange_Torches_Against_The_Rain_SCORE.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SCORE<\/a><\/strong> \ud834\udd1e <button onclick=\"myFunction24()\">text<\/button><\/p>\n<div id=\"myDIV24\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<pre style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Send sunflowers! \r\nWith my turkey-bone whistle \r\nI am calling the birds \r\nTo sing upon the sunflowers. \r\nFor when the clouds hear them singing \r\nThey will come quickly, \r\nAnd rain will fall upon our fields. \r\nSend sunflowers!\r\n\r\n<i>\u2014Amy Lowell<\/i><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\nfunction myFunction24() {\n  var x = document.getElementById(\"myDIV24\");\n  if (x.style.display === \"none\") {\n    x.style.display = \"block\";\n  } else {\n    x.style.display = \"none\";\n  }\n}\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;\"><div class=\"compact_audio_player_wrapper\"><div class=\"sc_player_container1\"><input type=\"button\" id=\"btnplay_69e79ffaa36657.05125394\" class=\"myButton_play\" onClick=\"play_mp3('play','69e79ffaa36657.05125394','http:\/\/alzand.com\/So_You_Say_norm.mp3','80','false');show_hide('play','69e79ffaa36657.05125394');\" \/><input type=\"button\"  id=\"btnstop_69e79ffaa36657.05125394\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"myButton_stop\" onClick=\"play_mp3('stop','69e79ffaa36657.05125394','','80','false');show_hide('stop','69e79ffaa36657.05125394');\" \/><div id=\"sm2-container\"><!-- flash movie ends up here --><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>SO YOU SAY<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 90%;\">Baritone (or Tenor) | Medium | B2-F#4 | 2&#8217;30&#8221; | Karim Al-Zand | <a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=5960\">Four Not So Serious Songs<\/a> | Mark Diamond (bar) Michael Clark (p)<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/scores\/Four_Not_So_Serious_Songs_SCORE.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SCORE<\/a><\/strong> \ud834\udd22 <button onclick=\"myFunction25()\">text<\/button><\/p>\n<div id=\"myDIV25\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<pre style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">So you say, my darling:\r\nYour love is like gazelles swiftly racing,\r\nor a lamb far from home,\r\nor wanton sea foam.\r\nBut tell me again: \r\nWhat is your love? \r\nFlowers smitten with rain?\r\nAgain, what\u2019s that? \r\nYour heart pat-\r\nand-pitters in time with my gait?\r\nDon\u2019t lay that conceit \r\nat my feet! \r\nWait\u2014\r\nthere\u2019s more...? \r\nYou\u2019re\r\na boat and I am your moor?\r\nNo, that doesn\u2019t sound right\u2026\r\nLast night you said your love \r\n  was a hurricane, \r\na tempest, a squall\u2014\r\nor was it a serpent to my charmer\u2019s \r\n  thrall?\r\nOr an apple tree,\r\na lyric flute,\r\na honey bee,\r\na plaintive lute strumming a song \r\n   without words!\r\nOr perhaps it was birds? \r\nYes, that\u2019s what it was.\r\nA cuckoo or wren, \r\nwhich then\r\nlands a peck on my neck; \r\nor a lark, \r\nblackbird, \r\nnightingale or dove\u2014\r\nor some other bird I\u2019ve never heard of.\r\nStop the similes: \r\nno more birds, \r\nno more bees; \r\nno phylum, \r\nno genus, \r\nno species\u2014please!\r\nMust our constancy be \r\nbuilt on hyperbole?\r\nSo I say, my darling:\r\nNo need to construe.\r\nI know that you love me.\r\nI love you, too.\t\r\n\r\n<i>\u2014Karim Al-Zand<\/i><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\nfunction myFunction25() {\n  var x = document.getElementById(\"myDIV25\");\n  if (x.style.display === \"none\") {\n    x.style.display = \"block\";\n  } else {\n    x.style.display = \"none\";\n  }\n}\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;\"><div class=\"compact_audio_player_wrapper\"><div class=\"sc_player_container1\"><input type=\"button\" id=\"btnplay_69e79ffaa58154.06234883\" class=\"myButton_play\" onClick=\"play_mp3('play','69e79ffaa58154.06234883','http:\/\/alzand.com\/Orange_Torches_11.mp3','80','false');show_hide('play','69e79ffaa58154.06234883');\" \/><input type=\"button\"  id=\"btnstop_69e79ffaa58154.06234883\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"myButton_stop\" onClick=\"play_mp3('stop','69e79ffaa58154.06234883','','80','false');show_hide('stop','69e79ffaa58154.06234883');\" \/><div id=\"sm2-container\"><!-- flash movie ends up here --><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>SUMMER RAIN<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 90%;\">Mezzo-Soprano | Medium | B2-G#5 | 1&#8217;45&#8221; | Amy Lowell | <a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=804\">Orange Torches Against the Rain<\/a> | Aidan Soder (m-s) Grant Loehnig (p)<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/scores\/Orange_Torches_Against_The_Rain_SCORE.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SCORE<\/a><\/strong> \ud834\udd1e <button onclick=\"myFunction26()\">text<\/button><\/p>\n<div id=\"myDIV26\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<pre style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">All night our room was outer-walled with \r\n  rain.   \r\nDrops fell and flattened on the tin roof,   \r\nAnd rang like little disks of metal.   \r\nPing! Ping! and there was not a pin-point \r\n  of silence between them.   \r\n\r\nThe rain rattled and clashed,   \r\nAnd the slats of the shutters danced \r\n  and glittered.   \r\nBut to me the darkness was red-gold \r\n  and crocus-colored\r\n \r\nWith your brightness,   \r\nAnd the words you whispered to me\r\nSprang up and flamed\u2014orange torches \r\n  against the rain.   \r\nTorches against the wall of cool, \r\n  silver rain! \r\n\r\n<i>\u2014Amy Lowell<\/i><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\nfunction myFunction26() {\n  var x = document.getElementById(\"myDIV26\");\n  if (x.style.display === \"none\") {\n    x.style.display = \"block\";\n  } else {\n    x.style.display = \"none\";\n  }\n}\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;\"><div class=\"compact_audio_player_wrapper\"><div class=\"sc_player_container1\"><input type=\"button\" id=\"btnplay_69e79ffaa83f95.41225711\" class=\"myButton_play\" onClick=\"play_mp3('play','69e79ffaa83f95.41225711','http:\/\/alzand.com\/Orange_Torches_9_10.mp3','80','false');show_hide('play','69e79ffaa83f95.41225711');\" \/><input type=\"button\"  id=\"btnstop_69e79ffaa83f95.41225711\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"myButton_stop\" onClick=\"play_mp3('stop','69e79ffaa83f95.41225711','','80','false');show_hide('stop','69e79ffaa83f95.41225711');\" \/><div id=\"sm2-container\"><!-- flash movie ends up here --><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>SUNSHINE<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 90%;\">Mezzo-Soprano (or Soprano) | Medium | D4-Eb5 | 1&#8217;00&#8221; | Amy Lowell | <a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=804\">Orange Torches Against the Rain<\/a> | Aidan Soder (m-s) Grant Loehnig (p)<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/scores\/Orange_Torches_Against_The_Rain_SCORE.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SCORE<\/a><\/strong> \ud834\udd1e <button onclick=\"myFunction27()\">text<\/button><\/p>\n<div id=\"myDIV27\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<pre style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">The pool is edged with the blade-like \r\nleaves of irises.\r\nIf I throw a stone into the placid water,\r\nIt suddenly stiffens\r\nInto rings and rings\r\nOf sharp gold wire.\r\n\r\n<i>\u2014Amy Lowell<\/i><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\nfunction myFunction27() {\n  var x = document.getElementById(\"myDIV27\");\n  if (x.style.display === \"none\") {\n    x.style.display = \"block\";\n  } else {\n    x.style.display = \"none\";\n  }\n}\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;\"><div class=\"compact_audio_player_wrapper\"><div class=\"sc_player_container1\"><input type=\"button\" id=\"btnplay_69e79ffaaa5635.07882600\" class=\"myButton_play\" onClick=\"play_mp3('play','69e79ffaaa5635.07882600','http:\/\/alzand.com\/Orange_Torches_2.mp3','80','false');show_hide('play','69e79ffaaa5635.07882600');\" \/><input type=\"button\"  id=\"btnstop_69e79ffaaa5635.07882600\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"myButton_stop\" onClick=\"play_mp3('stop','69e79ffaaa5635.07882600','','80','false');show_hide('stop','69e79ffaaa5635.07882600');\" \/><div id=\"sm2-container\"><!-- flash movie ends up here --><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>TANKA<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 90%;\">Mezzo-Soprano | Medium | Bb33-D5 | 0&#8217;30&#8221; | Amy Lowell | <a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=804\">Orange Torches Against the Rain<\/a> | Aidan Soder (m-s) Grant Loehnig (p)<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/scores\/Orange_Torches_Against_The_Rain_SCORE.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SCORE<\/a><\/strong> \ud834\udd1e <button onclick=\"myFunction28()\">text<\/button><\/p>\n<div id=\"myDIV28\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<pre style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Roses and larkspur\r\nAnd slender serried lilies;\r\nI wonder whether\r\nThese are worth your attention.\r\nConsider it, and if not\u2014\r\n\r\n<i>\u2014Amy Lowell<\/i><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\nfunction myFunction28() {\n  var x = document.getElementById(\"myDIV28\");\n  if (x.style.display === \"none\") {\n    x.style.display = \"block\";\n  } else {\n    x.style.display = \"none\";\n  }\n}\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;\"><div class=\"compact_audio_player_wrapper\"><div class=\"sc_player_container1\"><input type=\"button\" id=\"btnplay_69e79ffaaccf17.29833839\" class=\"myButton_play\" onClick=\"play_mp3('play','69e79ffaaccf17.29833839','http:\/\/alzand.com\/Tagore_Studio_11a.mp3','80','false');show_hide('play','69e79ffaaccf17.29833839');\" \/><input type=\"button\"  id=\"btnstop_69e79ffaaccf17.29833839\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"myButton_stop\" onClick=\"play_mp3('stop','69e79ffaaccf17.29833839','','80','false');show_hide('stop','69e79ffaaccf17.29833839');\" \/><div id=\"sm2-container\"><!-- flash movie ends up here --><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>THEN FINISH THE LAST SONG<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 90%;\">Mezzo-Soprano (or Soprano) | Medium | Bb3-G#5 | 0&#8217;30&#8221; | Rabindranath Tagore | <a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=800\">Tagore Love Songs<\/a> | Aidan Soder (m-s) Calogero Di Liberto (p)<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/scores\/Tagore_Love_Songs_SCORE.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SCORE<\/a><\/strong> \ud834\udd1e <button onclick=\"myFunction29()\">text<\/button><\/p>\n<div id=\"myDIV29\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<pre style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Then finish the last song and let us leave.\r\n  Forget this night when the night is \r\nno more.\r\n  Whom do I try to clasp in my arms? \r\nDreams can never be made captive.\r\n  My eager hands press emptiness \r\nto my heart and it bruises my breast.\r\n\r\n<i>\u2014Rabindranath Tagoe<\/i><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\nfunction myFunction29() {\n  var x = document.getElementById(\"myDIV29\");\n  if (x.style.display === \"none\") {\n    x.style.display = \"block\";\n  } else {\n    x.style.display = \"none\";\n  }\n}\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;\"><div class=\"compact_audio_player_wrapper\"><div class=\"sc_player_container1\"><input type=\"button\" id=\"btnplay_69e79ffab06dc2.91845591\" class=\"myButton_play\" onClick=\"play_mp3('play','69e79ffab06dc2.91845591','http:\/\/alzand.com\/Tagore_Studio_11b.mp3','80','false');show_hide('play','69e79ffab06dc2.91845591');\" \/><input type=\"button\"  id=\"btnstop_69e79ffab06dc2.91845591\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"myButton_stop\" onClick=\"play_mp3('stop','69e79ffab06dc2.91845591','','80','false');show_hide('stop','69e79ffab06dc2.91845591');\" \/><div id=\"sm2-container\"><!-- flash movie ends up here --><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>THEN FINISH THE LAST SONG<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 90%;\">Baritone | Medium | B2-D4 | 1&#8217;30&#8221; | Rabindranath Tagore | <a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=800\">Tagore Love Songs<\/a> | Paul Busselberg (bar) Calogero Di Liberto (p)<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/scores\/Tagore_Love_Songs_SCORE.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SCORE<\/a><\/strong> \ud834\udd22 <button onclick=\"myFunction30()\">text<\/button><\/p>\n<div id=\"myDIV30\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<pre style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Then finish the last song and let us leave.\r\n  Forget this night when the night is \r\nno more.\r\n  Whom do I try to clasp in my arms? \r\nDreams can never be made captive.\r\n  My eager hands press emptiness to \r\nmy heart and it bruises my breast.\r\n\r\n<i>\u2014Rabindranath Tagore<\/i><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\nfunction myFunction30() {\n  var x = document.getElementById(\"myDIV30\");\n  if (x.style.display === \"none\") {\n    x.style.display = \"block\";\n  } else {\n    x.style.display = \"none\";\n  }\n}\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;\"><div class=\"compact_audio_player_wrapper\"><div class=\"sc_player_container1\"><input type=\"button\" id=\"btnplay_69e79ffab2d863.14556237\" class=\"myButton_play\" onClick=\"play_mp3('play','69e79ffab2d863.14556237','http:\/\/alzand.com\/Orange_Torches_4.mp3','80','false');show_hide('play','69e79ffab2d863.14556237');\" \/><input type=\"button\"  id=\"btnstop_69e79ffab2d863.14556237\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"myButton_stop\" onClick=\"play_mp3('stop','69e79ffab2d863.14556237','','80','false');show_hide('stop','69e79ffab2d863.14556237');\" \/><div id=\"sm2-container\"><!-- flash movie ends up here --><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>THE PEDDLER OF FLOWERS<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 90%;\">Mezzo-Soprano | Medium | B3-Gb5 | 2&#8217;10&#8221; | Amy Lowell | <a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=804\">Orange Torches Against the Rain<\/a> | Aidan Soder (m-s) Grant Loehnig (p)<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/scores\/Orange_Torches_Against_The_Rain_SCORE.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SCORE<\/a><\/strong> \ud834\udd1e <button onclick=\"myFunction31()\">text<\/button><\/p>\n<div id=\"myDIV31\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<pre style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">I came from the country\r\nWith flowers,   \r\nLarkspur and roses,   \r\nFretted lilies\r\nIn their leaves,   \r\nAnd long, cool lavender.   \r\nI carried them\r\nFrom house to house,   \r\nAnd cried them\r\nDown hot streets.   \r\nThe sun fell \r\nUpon my flowers,   \r\nAnd the dust of the streets\r\nBlew over my basket. \r\n\r\n<i>\u2014Amy Lowell<\/i><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\nfunction myFunction31() {\n  var x = document.getElementById(\"myDIV31\");\n  if (x.style.display === \"none\") {\n    x.style.display = \"block\";\n  } else {\n    x.style.display = \"none\";\n  }\n}\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;\"><div class=\"compact_audio_player_wrapper\"><div class=\"sc_player_container1\"><input type=\"button\" id=\"btnplay_69e79ffab586a5.35216838\" class=\"myButton_play\" onClick=\"play_mp3('play','69e79ffab586a5.35216838','http:\/\/alzand.com\/Tagore_Studio_12.mp3','80','false');show_hide('play','69e79ffab586a5.35216838');\" \/><input type=\"button\"  id=\"btnstop_69e79ffab586a5.35216838\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"myButton_stop\" onClick=\"play_mp3('stop','69e79ffab586a5.35216838','','80','false');show_hide('stop','69e79ffab586a5.35216838');\" \/><div id=\"sm2-container\"><!-- flash movie ends up here --><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>THERE ARE NUMEROUS STRINGS IN YOUR LUTE<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 90%;\">Baritone &amp; Mezzo-Soprano | Medium | G33-F#4, E4-F#5 | 1&#8217;30&#8221; | Rabindranath Tagore | <a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=800\">Tagore Love Songs<\/a> | Paul Busselberg (bar) Aidan Soder (m-s) Calogero Di Liberto (p)<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/scores\/Tagore_Love_Songs_SCORE.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SCORE<\/a><\/strong> \ud834\udd1e \ud834\udd22 <button onclick=\"myFunction32()\">text<\/button><\/p>\n<div id=\"myDIV32\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<pre style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">There are numerous strings in your lute, \r\nlet me add my own among them.\r\nThen when you smite your chords, \r\nmy heart will break its silence, \r\nand my life will be one with your song.\t\r\nAmidst your numberless stars let me \r\nplace my own little lamp.\r\nIn the dance of your festival lights \r\nmy heart will throb and my life will \r\nbe one with your smile.\r\n\r\n<i>\u2014Rabindranath Tagore<\/i><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\nfunction myFunction32() {\n  var x = document.getElementById(\"myDIV32\");\n  if (x.style.display === \"none\") {\n    x.style.display = \"block\";\n  } else {\n    x.style.display = \"none\";\n  }\n}\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;\"><div class=\"compact_audio_player_wrapper\"><div class=\"sc_player_container1\"><input type=\"button\" id=\"btnplay_69e79ffab78199.85284128\" class=\"myButton_play\" onClick=\"play_mp3('play','69e79ffab78199.85284128','http:\/\/alzand.com\/Orange_Torches_9_10.mp3','80','false');show_hide('play','69e79ffab78199.85284128');\" \/><input type=\"button\"  id=\"btnstop_69e79ffab78199.85284128\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"myButton_stop\" onClick=\"play_mp3('stop','69e79ffab78199.85284128','','80','false');show_hide('stop','69e79ffab78199.85284128');\" \/><div id=\"sm2-container\"><!-- flash movie ends up here --><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>THE TWO RAINS<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 90%;\">Mezzo-Soprano | Medium | C4-Gb5 | 1&#8217;30&#8221; | Amy Lowell | <a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=804\">Orange Torches Against the Rain<\/a> | Aidan Soder (m-s) Grant Loehnig (p)<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/scores\/Orange_Torches_Against_The_Rain_SCORE.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SCORE<\/a><\/strong> \ud834\udd1e <button onclick=\"myFunction33()\">text<\/button><\/p>\n<div id=\"myDIV33\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<pre style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><i>Spring Rain<\/i>\r\nTinkling of ankle bracelets.  \r\nDull striking  \r\nOf jade and sardonyx  \r\nFrom whirling ends of jointed circlets.   \r\n\r\n<i>Summer Rain<\/i>\r\nClashing of bronze bucklers,  \r\nScreaming of horses.  \r\nRed plumes of head-trappings  \r\nFlashing above spears. \r\n\r\n<i>\u2014Amy Lowell<\/i><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\nfunction myFunction33() {\n  var x = document.getElementById(\"myDIV33\");\n  if (x.style.display === \"none\") {\n    x.style.display = \"block\";\n  } else {\n    x.style.display = \"none\";\n  }\n}\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong>THIS IS THE QUESTION<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 90%;\">Bass-Baritone | Medium | A2-Eb4 | 3&#8217;45&#8221; | Charles Darwin | <a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=6015\">Unsentimental Love Songs<\/a>| William Dopp (bass-bar) James Palmer (p)<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/scores\/This_Is_The_Question_SCORE.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SCORE<\/a><\/strong> \ud834\udd22 <button onclick=\"myFunction34()\">text<\/button><\/p>\n<div id=\"myDIV34\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<pre style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><i>Marry<\/i>\r\n \r\nChildren\u2014(if it Please God)\u2014Constant \r\ncompanion, (&amp; friend in old age) who \r\nwill feel interested in one\u2014To be \r\nbeloved &amp; played with\u2014better than a \r\ndog anyhow.\u2014Charms of music &amp; female \r\nchit-chat.\u2014These things good for one\u2019s \r\nhealth.\u2014Forced to visit relations but \r\nterrible loss of time.\u2014(But then it \r\nis very bad for ones health to work \r\ntoo much.)\u2014My God, it is intolerable \r\nto think of spending ones whole life, \r\nlike a neuter bee, working, working, \r\n&amp; nothing after all.\u2014No, no won\u2019t do.\u2014\r\nOnly picture to yourself a nice soft \r\nwife on a sofa with good fire, &amp; books \r\n&amp; music perhaps...\r\n\r\n<i>Not Marry<\/i>\r\n  \r\nNo children, (no second life), no one \r\nto care for one in old age.\u2014What is \r\nthe use of working without sympathy \r\nfrom near &amp; dear friends\u2014Freedom to \r\ngo where one liked\u2014 choice of Society \r\n&amp; little of it.\u2014Conversation of clever \r\nmen at clubs.\u2014Not forced to visit \r\nrelatives, &amp; to bend in every trifle.\r\n\u2014anxiety &amp; responsibility\u2014less money \r\nfor books\u2014perhaps quarreling\u2014Loss of \r\ntime.\u2014Cannot read in the Evenings\u2014\r\nfatness &amp; idleness\u2014Perhaps my wife \r\nwon\u2019t like London\u2014the dingy reality \r\nof Grt. Marlbro\u2019 St.\u2014Imagine living \r\nall one\u2019s day solitarily in smoky \r\ndirty London House.\r\n\r\nMarry\u2014Marry\u2014Marry: Q.E.D.\r\n\r\n<i>\u2014Charles Darwin<\/i><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\nfunction myFunction34() {\n  var x = document.getElementById(\"myDIV34\");\n  if (x.style.display === \"none\") {\n    x.style.display = \"block\";\n  } else {\n    x.style.display = \"none\";\n  }\n}\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;\"><div class=\"compact_audio_player_wrapper\"><div class=\"sc_player_container1\"><input type=\"button\" id=\"btnplay_69e79ffabbfb72.92049196\" class=\"myButton_play\" onClick=\"play_mp3('play','69e79ffabbfb72.92049196','http:\/\/alzand.com\/This_Song_norm.mp3','80','false');show_hide('play','69e79ffabbfb72.92049196');\" \/><input type=\"button\"  id=\"btnstop_69e79ffabbfb72.92049196\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"myButton_stop\" onClick=\"play_mp3('stop','69e79ffabbfb72.92049196','','80','false');show_hide('stop','69e79ffabbfb72.92049196');\" \/><div id=\"sm2-container\"><!-- flash movie ends up here --><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>THIS SONG IS GOING TO END<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 90%;\">Baritone (or Tenor) | Medium | D#3-G5 | 2&#8217;30&#8221; | Karim Al-Zand | <a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=5960\">Four Not So Serious Songs<\/a> | Mark Diamond (bar) Michael Clark (p)<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/scores\/Four_Not_So_Serious_Songs_SCORE.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SCORE<\/a><\/strong> \ud834\udd22 <button onclick=\"myFunction35()\">text<\/button><\/p>\n<div id=\"myDIV35\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<pre style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">this song is going to end, my love\r\nthough its music has just begun\r\nbut I will not let it finish, my love\r\nno I won\u2019t\r\nI\u2019ll sing of you forever\r\nthey\u2019ll drag me \r\nfrom the stage kicking \r\nand screaming, my love\r\nbut it is no use\r\nthis song is going to end\r\nbut then what?\r\na void\r\nno trace of sound\r\nwhat will become of my love, my love?\r\nstop\r\nit\u2019s moving too fast\r\nand very soon I fear\r\nit will end\r\nanother bar gone by\r\nand another\r\nfor heaven\u2019s sake slow down\r\nmy measures must be drastic\r\nI will sing it again and again, my love\r\nuntil my voice turns to dust\r\non my lips\r\nbut no I cannot\r\nto sing this \r\nstrain\r\nforever, my love\r\nthe dread\r\nis too much to bear,\r\nthe song is going to end\r\nit is futile\r\nlet it be done\r\nhere it is\r\nnow, my\u2014\r\n\r\n<i>\u2014Karim Al-Zand<\/i><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\nfunction myFunction35() {\n  var x = document.getElementById(\"myDIV35\");\n  if (x.style.display === \"none\") {\n    x.style.display = \"block\";\n  } else {\n    x.style.display = \"none\";\n  }\n}\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;\"><div class=\"compact_audio_player_wrapper\"><div class=\"sc_player_container1\"><input type=\"button\" id=\"btnplay_69e79ffabe4fe8.23610774\" class=\"myButton_play\" onClick=\"play_mp3('play','69e79ffabe4fe8.23610774','http:\/\/alzand.com\/Orange_Torches_3.mp3','80','false');show_hide('play','69e79ffabe4fe8.23610774');\" \/><input type=\"button\"  id=\"btnstop_69e79ffabe4fe8.23610774\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"myButton_stop\" onClick=\"play_mp3('stop','69e79ffabe4fe8.23610774','','80','false');show_hide('stop','69e79ffabe4fe8.23610774');\" \/><div id=\"sm2-container\"><!-- flash movie ends up here --><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>VERNAL EQUINOX<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 90%;\">Mezzo-Soprano | Medium | B3-Gb5 | 2&#8217;00&#8221; | Amy Lowell | <a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=804\">Orange Torches Against the Rain<\/a> | Aidan Soder (m-s) Grant Loehnig (p)<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/scores\/Orange_Torches_Against_The_Rain_SCORE.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SCORE<\/a><\/strong> \ud834\udd1e <button onclick=\"myFunction36()\">text<\/button><\/p>\n<div id=\"myDIV36\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<pre style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">The scent of hyacinths, like a pale mist, \r\n  lies between me and my book;\r\nAnd the South Wind, washing through \r\n  the room, Makes the candles quiver.\r\nMy nerves sting at a spatter of rain \r\n  on the shutter,\r\nAnd I am uneasy with the thrusting \r\n  of green shoots\r\nOutside, in the night.\r\n\r\nWhy are you not here to overpower me \r\nwith your tense and urgent love?\r\n\r\n<i>\u2014Amy Lowell<\/i><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\nfunction myFunction36() {\n  var x = document.getElementById(\"myDIV36\");\n  if (x.style.display === \"none\") {\n    x.style.display = \"block\";\n  } else {\n    x.style.display = \"none\";\n  }\n}\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;\"><div class=\"compact_audio_player_wrapper\"><div class=\"sc_player_container1\"><input type=\"button\" id=\"btnplay_69e79ffac0c182.29164446\" class=\"myButton_play\" onClick=\"play_mp3('play','69e79ffac0c182.29164446','http:\/\/alzand.com\/Warning_to_Children_norm.mp3','80','false');show_hide('play','69e79ffac0c182.29164446');\" \/><input type=\"button\"  id=\"btnstop_69e79ffac0c182.29164446\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"myButton_stop\" onClick=\"play_mp3('stop','69e79ffac0c182.29164446','','80','false');show_hide('stop','69e79ffac0c182.29164446');\" \/><div id=\"sm2-container\"><!-- flash movie ends up here --><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>WARNING TO CHILDREN<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 90%;\">Baritone (or Tenor) | Medium | B2-Eb4 | 1&#8217;30&#8221; | Robert Graves | <a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=5960\">Four Not So Serious Songs<\/a> | Mark Diamond (bar) Michael Clark (p)<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/scores\/Four_Not_So_Serious_Songs_SCORE.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SCORE<\/a><\/strong> \ud834\udd22 <button onclick=\"myFunction37()\">text<\/button><\/p>\n<div id=\"myDIV37\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<pre style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Children, if you dare to think\r\nOf the greatness, rareness, muchness\r\nFewness of this precious only\r\nEndless world in which you say\r\nYou live, you think of things like this:\r\nBlocks of slate enclosing dappled\r\nRed and green, enclosing tawny\r\nYellow nets, enclosing white\r\nAnd black acres of dominoes,\r\nWhere a neat brown paper parcel\r\nTempts you to untie the string.\r\nIn the parcel a small island,\r\nOn the island a large tree,\r\nOn the tree a husky fruit.\r\nStrip the husk and pare the rind off:\r\nIn the kernel you will see\r\nBlocks of slate enclosed by dappled\r\nRed and green, enclosed by tawny\r\nYellow nets, enclosed by white\r\nAnd black acres of dominoes,\r\nWhere the same brown paper parcel\u2014\r\nChildren, leave the string alone!\r\nFor who dares undo the parcel\r\nFinds himself at once inside it,\r\nOn the island, in the fruit,\r\nBlocks of slate about his head,\r\nFinds himself enclosed by dappled\r\nGreen and red, enclosed by yellow\r\nTawny nets, enclosed by black\r\nAnd white acres of dominoes,\r\nWith the same brown paper parcel\r\nStill untied upon his knee.\r\nAnd, if he then should dare to think\r\nOf the fewness, muchness, rareness,\r\nGreatness of this endless only\r\nPrecious world in which he says\r\nhe lives\u2014he then unties the string.\r\n\r\n<i>\u2014Robert Graves<\/i><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\nfunction myFunction37() {\n  var x = document.getElementById(\"myDIV37\");\n  if (x.style.display === \"none\") {\n    x.style.display = \"block\";\n  } else {\n    x.style.display = \"none\";\n  }\n}\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;\"><div class=\"compact_audio_player_wrapper\"><div class=\"sc_player_container1\"><input type=\"button\" id=\"btnplay_69e79ffac2cb21.04668200\" class=\"myButton_play\" onClick=\"play_mp3('play','69e79ffac2cb21.04668200','http:\/\/alzand.com\/Tagore_Studio_2.mp3','80','false');show_hide('play','69e79ffac2cb21.04668200');\" \/><input type=\"button\"  id=\"btnstop_69e79ffac2cb21.04668200\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"myButton_stop\" onClick=\"play_mp3('stop','69e79ffac2cb21.04668200','','80','false');show_hide('stop','69e79ffac2cb21.04668200');\" \/><div id=\"sm2-container\"><!-- flash movie ends up here --><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>WHEN SHE PASSED BY ME<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 90%;\">Baritone (or Tenor) | Medium | G3-E4 | 1&#8217;00&#8221; | Rabindranath Tagore | <a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=800\">Tagore Love Songs<\/a> | Paul Busselberg (bar) Calogero Di Liberto (p)<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/scores\/Tagore_Love_Songs_SCORE.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SCORE<\/a><\/strong> <button onclick=\"myFunction38()\">text<\/button><\/p>\n<div id=\"myDIV38\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<pre style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">When she passed by me with quick \r\nsteps, the end of her skirt touched me.\r\n  From the unknown island of a heart \r\ncame a sudden warm breath of spring.\r\n  A flutter of a flitting touch brushed \r\nme and vanished in a moment, like a torn \r\nflower petal blown in the breeze.\r\n  It fell upon my heart like a sigh of \r\nher body and whisper of her heart.\r\n\r\n<i>\u2014Rabindranath Tagore<\/i><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\nfunction myFunction38() {\n  var x = document.getElementById(\"myDIV38\");\n  if (x.style.display === \"none\") {\n    x.style.display = \"block\";\n  } else {\n    x.style.display = \"none\";\n  }\n}\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;\"><div class=\"compact_audio_player_wrapper\"><div class=\"sc_player_container1\"><input type=\"button\" id=\"btnplay_69e79ffac52799.72079951\" class=\"myButton_play\" onClick=\"play_mp3('play','69e79ffac52799.72079951','http:\/\/alzand.com\/Tagore_Studio_3.mp3','80','false');show_hide('play','69e79ffac52799.72079951');\" \/><input type=\"button\"  id=\"btnstop_69e79ffac52799.72079951\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"myButton_stop\" onClick=\"play_mp3('stop','69e79ffac52799.72079951','','80','false');show_hide('stop','69e79ffac52799.72079951');\" \/><div id=\"sm2-container\"><!-- flash movie ends up here --><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>WHEN THE TWO SISTERS GO TO FETCH WATER<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 90%;\">Mezzo-Soprano | Medium | C4-Eb5 | 2&#8217;30&#8221; | Rabindranath Tagore | <a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=800\">Tagore Love Songs<\/a> | Aidan Soder (m-s) Calogero Di Liberto (p)<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/scores\/Tagore_Love_Songs_SCORE.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SCORE<\/a><\/strong> \ud834\udd1e <button onclick=\"myFunction39()\">text<\/button><\/p>\n<div id=\"myDIV39\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<pre style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">When the two sisters go to fetch water, \r\nthey come to this spot and they smile.\r\n  They must be aware of somebody who \r\nstands behind the trees whenever they \r\ngo to fetch water.\r\n\r\n  The two sisters whisper to each other \r\nwhen they pass this spot.\r\n  They must have guessed the secret of \r\nthat somebody who stands behind the \r\ntrees \r\nwhenever they go to fetch water.\r\n\r\n  Their pitchers lurch suddenly, and water \r\nspills when they reach this spot.\r\n  They must have found out that \r\nsomebody\u2019s heart is beating who stands \r\nbehind the trees whenever they go to \r\nfetch water.\r\n\r\n  The two sisters glance at each other \r\nwhen they come to this spot, and \r\nthey smile.\r\n  There is a laughter in their swift-\r\nstepping feet, which makes confusion in \r\nsomebody\u2019s mind who stands behind the \r\ntrees whenever they go to fetch water.\r\n\r\n<i>\u2014Rabindranath Tagore<\/i><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\nfunction myFunction39() {\n  var x = document.getElementById(\"myDIV39\");\n  if (x.style.display === \"none\") {\n    x.style.display = \"block\";\n  } else {\n    x.style.display = \"none\";\n  }\n}\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;\"><div class=\"compact_audio_player_wrapper\"><div class=\"sc_player_container1\"><input type=\"button\" id=\"btnplay_69e79ffacb7cd2.82212875\" class=\"myButton_play\" onClick=\"play_mp3('play','69e79ffacb7cd2.82212875','http:\/\/alzand.com\/Ground_and_Sky.mp3','80','false');show_hide('play','69e79ffacb7cd2.82212875');\" \/><input type=\"button\"  id=\"btnstop_69e79ffacb7cd2.82212875\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"myButton_stop\" onClick=\"play_mp3('stop','69e79ffacb7cd2.82212875','','80','false');show_hide('stop','69e79ffacb7cd2.82212875');\" \/><div id=\"sm2-container\"><!-- flash movie ends up here --><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>YOU LEFT GROUND AND SKY<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 90%;\">Baritone | Medium | A#2-D4 | 4&#8217;10&#8221; | Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Rumi | <a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=6041\">Two Songs from The Prisoner<\/a> | Marcus DeLoach (bar) Grant Loehnig (p)<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/scores\/Two_Songs_From_The_Prisoner_SCORE.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SCORE<\/a><\/strong> \ud834\udd22 <button onclick=\"myFunction40()\">text<\/button><\/p>\n<div id=\"myDIV40\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<pre style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">You left ground and sky weeping,\r\nmind and soul full of grief.\r\nNo one can take your place in existence\r\nor in absence. Both mourn:\r\nthe angels, and the prophets \r\n\u2014and this sadness I feel has taken \r\nfrom me the taste of language, \r\nso that I can\u2019t say the flavor\r\nof my being apart. The roof\r\nof the kingdom within has collapsed!\r\nDo whatever you wish to do, \r\nthe issue is over.\r\n\r\n<i>\u2014from The Death of Saladin, \r\nJalal al-Din Muhammad Rumi \r\n\u2022 last line from the letters of Adnan Latif<\/i><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\nfunction myFunction40() {\n  var x = document.getElementById(\"myDIV40\");\n  if (x.style.display === \"none\") {\n    x.style.display = \"block\";\n  } else {\n    x.style.display = \"none\";\n  }\n}\n<\/script><\/p>\n<div style=\"float: right;\"><div class=\"compact_audio_player_wrapper\"><div class=\"sc_player_container1\"><input type=\"button\" id=\"btnplay_69e79ffacdb810.49446946\" class=\"myButton_play\" onClick=\"play_mp3('play','69e79ffacdb810.49446946','http:\/\/alzand.com\/Your_Letter_norm.mp3','80','false');show_hide('play','69e79ffacdb810.49446946');\" \/><input type=\"button\"  id=\"btnstop_69e79ffacdb810.49446946\" style=\"display:none\" class=\"myButton_stop\" onClick=\"play_mp3('stop','69e79ffacdb810.49446946','','80','false');show_hide('stop','69e79ffacdb810.49446946');\" \/><div id=\"sm2-container\"><!-- flash movie ends up here --><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<p><strong>YOUR LETTER PLEASED ME GREATLY<\/strong><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 90%;\">Soprano | High | B3-B5 | 7&#8217;30&#8221; | Desiderius Erasmus | <a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=5990\">Your Letter Pleased Me Greatly<\/a> | Caitlin Aloia (sop) James Palmer (p)<\/span><\/p>\n<p align=\"right\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/scores\/Your_Letter_Pleased_Me_Greatly_SCORE.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SCORE<\/a><\/strong> \ud834\udd1e <button onclick=\"myFunction41()\">text<\/button><\/p>\n<div id=\"myDIV41\" style=\"display: none;\">\n<pre style=\"font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\">Your letter pleased me greatly.\r\nWhat you wrote in your letter has given \r\n  me unexpected happiness. \r\nYou would scarcely believe how much I \r\n  enjoyed your letter.\r\nHow exceedingly your letter has \r\n  delighted my spirit! \r\nWhen your letter arrived a glowing \r\n  radiance seized me. \r\nI am flattered that you thought me worthy \r\n  of such a letter. \r\nYour anxiously awaited letter has come \r\n  at last. \r\nNothing more longed for than your letter \r\n  could have come to me. \r\nWhen the mail carrier handed me your \r\n  letter, my soul began to thrum with an \r\n  ineffable joy. \r\nWhatever sadness was in me, your letter \r\n  soon cast it out.\r\nWhat was the cause of my abundant \r\n  rejoicing? Your letter!\r\nYour letter wiped the wrinkles from \r\n  my brow. \r\nWhile I read what you wrote to me in \r\n  your letter, a euphoric bliss stole \r\n  into my heart. \r\nOh, wonderful! How much merriment \r\n  your letter aroused in me! \r\nWhat laughter, what applause, what \r\n  exultant dancing your letter caused.\r\nThere is no pleasure, no charm with \r\n  which I would compare your letter. \r\nWhat clover is to bees, what willow \r\n  boughs are to goats, what honey is \r\n  to the bear, your letter is to me. \r\nNo delicacy so caresses the palate as \r\n  your letter captivates my heart. \r\nAs utterly as I love you, so utterly \r\n  am I thrilled by your letter. \r\nThere is nothing I shall receive with \r\ngladder spirit than your next letter.\r\n\r\n<i>\u2014Desiderius Erasmus<\/i><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\nfunction myFunction41() {\n  var x = document.getElementById(\"myDIV41\");\n  if (x.style.display === \"none\") {\n    x.style.display = \"block\";\n  } else {\n    x.style.display = \"none\";\n  }\n}\n<\/script><\/p>\n\n<\/div><h2 class=\"tabtitle\">YOUNG AUDIENCES<\/h2>\n<div class=\"tabcontent\">\n\n<h5><a href=\" http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=798\">Swimmy<\/a> (2010)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for narrator, clarinet, piano, violin &amp; cello<\/strong><br \/>\nbased on the children\u2019s picture book by Leo Lionni<br \/>\n5 minutes<\/p>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=730\">Red Pajamas<\/a> (2005)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for flute (piccolo), clarinet, violin, cello, piano &amp; percussion<\/strong><br \/>\nvariations on a folk tune [a work for young audiences]<br \/>\n8 minutes<\/p>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=688\">BeatBox<\/a> (2010)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for clarinet, trumpet, double bass, piano &amp; percussion<\/strong><br \/>\ndivertissement for young audiences<br \/>\n5 minutes<\/p>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=731\">Parizade and the Singing Tree<\/a> (2001\/2018)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for narrator, orchestra: winds: 2*2*2*2*; brass: 4210; harp; piano\/celeste; timpani, 4 percussion; strings<\/strong><br \/>\nfolk tale from the Arabian Nights for narrator &amp; orchestra<br \/>\n24 minutes<\/p>\n\n<\/div><h2 class=\"tabtitle\">CHRONOLOGICAL<\/h2>\n<div class=\"tabcontent\">\n\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=7308\">The Strangers Case<\/a> (2025)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for tenor &amp; string orchestra: 44332<\/strong><br \/>\nsongs and chronicles of the immigrant experience<br \/>\n30 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=7129\">A Joint Interest<\/a> (2025)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>chamber opera for voices (2 baritones, mezzo-soprano) &amp; large ensemble: flute*, clarinet*, cornet, trombone, 2 violins, viola, cello, contrabass, percussion (1 player)<\/strong><br \/>\nchamber opera<br \/>\n21 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=6771\">Al Jazari&#8217;s Ingenious Clocks<\/a> (2024)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for orchestra: winds: 3*3*3*3*; brass: 4431; harp; piano\/celeste; timpani, 5 percussion; strings<\/strong><br \/>\nafter inventions of 12th cent. engineer Ismail Al Jazari<br \/>\n15 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=6745\">Al Hakawati<\/a> (2024)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for soprano &amp; orchestra: winds: 3*3*3*3*; brass: 4431; harp; piano\/celeste; timpani, 4 percussion; strings<\/strong><br \/>\nscenes from an opera<br \/>\n24 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=5947\">Vespertine Songs<\/a> (2023)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for baritone &amp; piano<\/strong><br \/>\nfour songs of the night<br \/>\n11 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=5960\">Four Not So Serious Songs<\/a> (2023)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for baritone &amp; piano<\/strong><br \/>\ncomic songs with texts by Robert Graves<br \/>\n9 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=5990\">Your Letter Pleased Me Greatly<\/a> (2023)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for soprano &amp; piano<\/strong><br \/>\nvariations on a text by Erasmus<br \/>\n7 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=6015\">Unsentimental Love Songs<\/a> (2023)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>assorted songs for mezzo-soprano, baritone &amp; piano<\/strong><br \/>\nsongs on the quotidian side of love<br \/>\n7 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=5562\"><i>Strange Machines<\/i> (String Quartet No. 4)<\/a> (2022)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for 2 violins, viola &amp; cello<\/strong><br \/>\nthree musical automata<br \/>\n12 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=5524\">Lines in Motion<\/a> (2022)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for piano trio<\/strong><br \/>\nthree pieces after kinetic illustrations by Quillivic, Masereel &amp; Esherick<br \/>\n10 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=5582\">Let Down the Scale of Music from the Sky<\/a> (2022)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for solo organ<\/strong><br \/>\nfantasy on a ground of Purcell<br \/>\n12 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=5490\">Loop Studies<\/a> (2021)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for violin &amp; loop pedal<\/strong><br \/>\n13 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=5046\">Two Songs<\/a> (2021)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for mezzo-soprano, &amp; piano<\/strong><br \/>\nsongs on poetry of Reg Huston<br \/>\n4 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=4878\">Ignoble Dances<\/a> (2020)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for flute &amp; piano<\/strong><br \/>\nseven dances in the year 2020<br \/>\n16 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=4913\">Toccata<\/a> (2020)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for solo organ<\/strong><br \/>\n5 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=3919\">The Leader<\/a> (2020)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>chamber opera for voices (2 baritones, tenor, mezzo-soprano, soprano) &amp; large ensemble: flute*, clarinet*, cornet, trombone, 2 violins, viola, cello, contrabass, percussion (1 player)<\/strong><br \/>\nchamber opera in one act<br \/>\n35 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=3476\">Die Mistel [Mistletoe]<\/a> (2019)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for baritone, piano quartet &amp; vibraphone<\/strong><br \/>\n5 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=3699\">Six Bagatelles<\/a> (2018)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for violin, cello &amp; piano<\/strong><br \/>\n10 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=3497\">Songs from the Post-Truth Era<\/a> (2018)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for soprano &amp; bassoon<\/strong><br \/>\n6 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=731\">Parizade and the Singing Tree<\/a> (2001\/2018)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for narrator, orchestra: winds: 2*2*2*2*; brass: 4210; harp; piano\/celeste; timpani, 4 percussion; strings<\/strong><br \/>\nfolk tale from the Arabian Nights for narrator &amp; orchestra<br \/>\n24 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=6041\">Two Songs from <i>The Prisoner<\/i><\/a> (2017)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for baritone &amp; piano<\/strong><br \/>\non the life and death of Adnan Latif<br \/>\n8 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=3147\">The Prisoner<\/a> (2017)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for bass voice solo, orchestra: winds: 3*3*3*3*; brass: 4431; harp; piano\/celeste; timpani, 4 percussion; strings<\/strong><br \/>\n28 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=2924\">Ring the Bells at Break of Day<\/a> (2016)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for orchestra: winds: 3*3*3*3*; brass: 4331; 2 harps; piano\/celeste; timpani, 5 percussion; strings<\/strong><br \/>\n6 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=2904\">Luctus Profugis<\/a> (2016)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for string orchestra<\/strong><br \/>\nelegy for the displaced<br \/>\n6 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=2737\">Stomping Grounds<\/a> (2015)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for clarinet, violin &amp; piano<\/strong><br \/>\n15 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=2779\">Tarantella<\/a> (2015)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for piano<\/strong><br \/>\nmaniacal dance<br \/>\n5 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=732\">Pattern Preludes (books 1\u20144)<\/a> (2005, 2009, 2009, 2015)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for piano<\/strong><br \/>\n24 short figural preludes for piano (may be played individually)<br \/>\n38 minutes: book 1 (11 minutes), book 2 (8 minutes), book 3 (8 minutes), book 4 (11 minutes)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=796\">Studies in Nature<\/a> (2014)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for harp, flute &amp; viola<\/strong><br \/>\nafter nature illustrations by Ernst Haeckel<br \/>\n12 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=694\">Cinderella<\/a> (2014)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for flute, clarinet, cornet (trumpet), trombone, string quartet &amp; percussion<\/strong><br \/>\nmusic for the 1922 silent silhouette film by Lotte Reiniger<br \/>\n13 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=692\">Canticle and Caprice<\/a> (2014)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for violin, viola, &amp; cello<\/strong><br \/>\nshort concert work for string trio<br \/>\n7 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=690\">Fantasy on Bulgarian Rhythms<\/a> (2013)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for string quartet<\/strong><br \/>\ninspired by folk dance rhythms of Bulgaria<br \/>\n7 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=729\">Paganini Reverie<\/a> (2013)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for piano<\/strong><br \/>\nshort fantasy for piano on the famous 24th caprice<br \/>\n5 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=713\">Hollows and Dells<\/a> (2013)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for viola &amp; piano<\/strong><br \/>\nconcert work in three reminiscences<br \/>\n12 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=726\">El Martillo<\/a> (2013)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for 3 pairs of bongos<\/strong><br \/>\nfantasy on an Afro-Cuban rhythm<br \/>\n3 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=802\">Thirteen\u00a0Tanka<\/a> (2013)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for baritone, oboe, viola &amp; cello<\/strong><br \/>\nsong cycle on Japanese tanka poetry<br \/>\n9 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=701\">Duo<\/a> (2012)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for flute &amp; cello<\/strong><br \/>\nconcert work in three movements<br \/>\n12 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=797\">Capriccios<\/a> (2002\u20132017)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for violin<\/strong><br \/>\nsix capriccios (may be played individually)<br \/>\n12 minutes (2; 2; 2; 2; 2; 2 minutes)<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=804\">Orange Torches Against the Rain<\/a> (2012)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for mezzo-soprano &amp; piano<\/strong><br \/>\nsong cycle of flowers and rain after poems by Amy Lowell<br \/>\n12 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=792\">Ronde Fantastique<\/a> (2012)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for 10 instruments<\/strong><br \/>\nafter an illustration by J. J. Grandville<br \/>\n4 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=687\">The Spinning Ballerina<\/a> (2011)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for 15 instruments<\/strong><br \/>\nafter an illustration by J. J. Grandville<br \/>\n6 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=712\">G. F. Handel\u2019s Messiah: The Pre-Game Show<\/a> (2011)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for actor; SATB chorus; tenor solo, baritone solo; orchestra: 2 oboes, 2 bassoon; 2 trumpets, timpani, harpsichord; strings<\/strong><br \/>\npresentation for young audiences<br \/>\n45 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=688\">BeatBox<\/a> (2010)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for clarinet, trumpet, double bass, piano &amp; percussion<\/strong><br \/>\ndivertissement for young audiences<br \/>\n5 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\" http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=708\">Quelques Fleurs<\/a> (2010)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for clarinet, cello &amp; piano<\/strong><br \/>\nperfumed suite in four movements<br \/>\n12 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\" http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=798\">Swimmy<\/a> (2010)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for narrator, clarinet, piano, violin &amp; cello<\/strong><br \/>\nbased on the children\u2019s picture book by Leo Lionni<br \/>\n5 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=691\">Cabinet of Curiosities<\/a> (2009)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for clarinet &amp; piano<\/strong><br \/>\nconcert work in five diverse miniatures<br \/>\n15 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=809\">Visions from Another World<\/a> (2008)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for orchestra: winds: 2*22*2; brass: 2110; harp; harpsichord; timpani, 3 percussion; strings<\/strong> (also version for <strong>sinfonietta<\/strong>)<br \/>\nafter illustrations by J. J. Grandville<br \/>\n13 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=699\"><i>The Art of Conversation<\/i> (String Quartet No. 3)<\/a> (2007)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for 2 violins, viola &amp; cello<\/strong><br \/>\nseven dialogues for string quartet<br \/>\n12 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=722\">Lingering<\/a> (2007)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for piano, violin &amp; cello<\/strong><br \/>\nringtone<br \/>\n23 seconds<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=799\">Tableau and Details<\/a> (2006)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for cello &amp; piano<\/strong><br \/>\nconcert work in one scene and four details<br \/>\n15 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=695\">City Scenes<\/a> (2006)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for orchestra: winds: 3*3*3*3*; brass: 4331; harp; piano\/celeste; timpani, 3 percussion; strings<\/strong><br \/>\nthree urban dances for orchestra<br \/>\n11 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=720\">Lamentation on The Disasters of War<\/a> (2006)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for string sextet (also transcribed for string orchestra)<\/strong><br \/>\nafter etchings of Francisco de Goya<br \/>\n10 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=693\">Three Character Pieces<\/a> (2006)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for bassoon &amp; viola<\/strong><br \/>\nshort concert work in three movements<br \/>\n7 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=714\">Imaginary Scenes<\/a> (2005)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for violin &amp; piano<\/strong><br \/>\nconcert work in four fantasies<br \/>\n17 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=704\">Fanfares<\/a> (2005\u2013)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for 6 trumpets<\/strong><br \/>\nthree fanfares for trumpet ensemble<br \/>\n3; 2; 2 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=810\">The Waiting Game<\/a> (2005)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for flute (\/piccolo), clarinet (\/bass clarinet), violin, cello, harp &amp; percussion<\/strong><br \/>\nchoreographic scene for dance<br \/>\n10 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=730\">Red Pajamas<\/a> (2005)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for flute (piccolo), clarinet, violin, cello, piano &amp; percussion<\/strong><br \/>\nvariations on a folk tune [a work for young audiences]<br \/>\n8 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=800\">Tagore Love Songs<\/a> (2004)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for mezzo-soprano, baritone &amp; piano<\/strong><br \/>\nsong cycle on poetry of Rabindranath Tagore<br \/>\n22 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=800\">The Secret Of Your Heart<\/a> (2004)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for mezzo-soprano &amp; piano<\/strong><br \/>\nsong cycle on poetry of Rabindranath Tagore<br \/>\n10 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=800\">The Sky With All Its Stars<\/a> (2004)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for baritone &amp; piano<\/strong><br \/>\nsong cycle on poetry of Rabindranath Tagore<br \/>\n10 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=698\">Concertino for Trumpet<\/a> (2004)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for trumpet &amp; sinfonietta: trumpet (C), flute, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, 4 violins, 2 violas, 2 cellos, contrabass, 2 percussion<\/strong><br \/>\n15 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=727\">Music Box Prelude<\/a> (2004)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for piccolo, clarinet, violin, cello &amp; piano (or harp), percussion<\/strong><br \/>\nhumorous intermezzo<br \/>\n3 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=703\">Four Fables<\/a> (2003)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for flute, clarinet &amp; piano<\/strong><br \/>\nbased on fables from near and far<br \/>\n11 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=794\">The Seventh Voyage of Sindbad<\/a> (2003)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for orchestra: winds: piccolo, 2222, soprano sax, contrabssoon; brass: 4221; harp; timpani, 3 percussion; strings<\/strong><br \/>\ntone poem for orchestra<br \/>\n14 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=808\">Variations<\/a> (2002)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for viola &amp; piano<\/strong><br \/>\non a theme by Bartok<br \/>\n7 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=790\">String Quartet No. 2 &#8216;Etudes&#8217;<\/a> (2002)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for string quartet<\/strong><br \/>\n11 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=721\">Leila<\/a> (2001)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for baritone &amp; guitar, with optional string quartet<\/strong><br \/>\nsong cycle<br \/>\n11 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=731\">Parizade and the Singing Tree<\/a> (2001)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for narrator, flute (\/piccolo \/alto flute), clarinet (\/bass clarinet), violin,cello, piano &amp; percussion<\/strong><br \/>\nfolk tale from the Arabian Nights for narrator &amp; ensemble<br \/>\n24 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=805\">A Measure In Trance<\/a> (2000)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for choir acapella SSAATTBB<\/strong><br \/>\nsix songs for choir on poetry of Al-Mutazz<br \/>\n8 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=700\">Duet<\/a> (1998)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for harp &amp; viola<\/strong><br \/>\nromance in four movements<br \/>\n11 minutes<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h5><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/?page_id=811\">Winter Scenes<\/a> (1997)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for mezzo-soprano, harp, flute (\/alto flute) &amp; viola<\/strong><br \/>\nfour songs on poetry of D. G. Jones<br \/>\n13 minutes<\/p>\n\n<\/div><h2 class=\"tabtitle\">MISC.<\/h2>\n<div class=\"tabcontent\">\n\n<h3>MUSICAL MISCELLANEA<\/h3>\n<h5>Elegiac Poem (2024)<\/h5>\n<p>A short vignette written for Subaerial Collective in support of the Composers Conference on their 80th anniversary. <a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/scores\/Elegiac_Poem_SCORE.pdf\">SCORE<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"videoWrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Karim Al-Zand&#039;s Elegiac Poem\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Hwlt7ra9r18?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5>A Song I Wish I&#8217;d Written (2023)<\/h5>\n<p>A short (autobiographical?) comic song for voice and piano written as a recital encore. <a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/scores\/A_Song_I_Wish_Id_Written.pdf\">SCORE<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"videoWrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"A Song I Wish I&#039;d Written | Karim Al-Zand\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/GXwrgbvaiOc?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5>Convivial Catches (ongoing)<\/h5>\n<p>3-Voice canons on sundry diverting subjects, composed for various occasions and in conjunction with my class on tonal counterpoint: on the ingredients of Mac &#038; Cheese, on the consuming of celery, on the perils of the Jolly Jumper; etc.<br \/>\n&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/scores\/Four_Convivial_Catches_SCORE.pdf\">SCORE<\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5>Dance Interlude (2020)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for 2 oboes and English horn<\/strong><br \/>\nCommissioned as part of <a href=\"https:\/\/roco.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ROCO\u2019s<\/a> FIFteen Project, celebrating the ensemble&#8217;s 15th anniversary. The project, curated by Houston-based composer, Mark Buller, was a fifteen Fanfares, Interludes, and Finales, sprinkled throughout ROCO\u2019s 15th and 16th seasons.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/scores\/Dance_Interlude_SCORE.pdf\">SCORE<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"videoWrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Karim Al-Zand: Dance Interlude for Two Oboes and English Horn (ROCO)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/u3mjBO45JwA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5>Klangkiste (2018)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for orchestra<\/strong><br \/>\nAn unusual commission for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www1.wdr.de\/orchester-und-chor\/sinfonieorchester\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">WDR Symphony Orchestra Cologne<\/a>, a short work for their <a href=\"https:\/\/klangkiste.wdr.de\/#\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>Klangkiste<\/i><\/a> [SoundBox], an interactive website for young audiences. Film composer <a href=\"http:\/\/loyproduction.de\/wordpress\/?project=wdr-klangkiste\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Loy Wesselburg<\/a> wrote a theme, upon which works were commissioned for each of the WDR ensembles (Choir, Big Band, Orchestra). My work was written to highlight all the instruments of the orchestra.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/scores\/Klangkiste_SCORE.pdf\">SCORE<\/a><\/p>\n<p><div style=\"width: 960px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-697-1\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2046168_25310133.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/alzand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2046168_25310133.mp4\">https:\/\/alzand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/2046168_25310133.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5>Musiqa Happy Birthday Musiqa (2011)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for clarinet, violin, cello<\/strong><br \/>\nFor the 10th anniversary of <a href=\"https:\/\/musiqahouston.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Musiqa<\/a>, the five composers of the group created a series of variations on <i>Happy Birthday<\/i>. In the recording below, the order of the contributions is: Anthony Brandt, Karim Al-Zand, Pierre Jalbert, Rob Smith, Marcus Maroney.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/scores\/Happy_Birthday_Musiqa_SCORE.pdf\">SCORE<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"videoWrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Musiqa Minatures.mov\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JbaWimzXygg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5>Lingering (2007)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for violin, cello, piano<\/strong><br \/>\nA cellphone ringtone premiered in October 13, 2007 as part of <a href=\"https:\/\/musiqahouston.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Musiqa\u2019s<\/a> \u2018Stay Tuned\u2019 concert. The concert featured a \u2018ring cycle\u2019 of four original, downloadable cell-phone ringtones, performed live. [23 seconds]<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/scores\/Lingering_SCORE.pdf\">SCORE <\/a><\/p>\n<p><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-697-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/lingering.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/lingering.mp3\">http:\/\/alzand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/lingering.mp3<\/a><\/audio><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5>Fugue for Gerald Self (2011)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for keyboard<\/strong><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/self_subject-e1609376500151.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-4316 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/self_subject-e1609376500151.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"71\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/harpsichord.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-thumbnail wp-image-4285 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/harpsichord-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>A Baroque fugue written for harpsichord maker <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gselfharpsichords.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gerald Self<\/a>, who built a beautiful Flemish single for me in 2011. The 3-voice fugue subject is derived from the letters in his name:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/scores\/Fugue_For_Gerald_Self_SCORE.pdf\">SCORE<\/a><br \/>\n&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5>They Won&#8217;t Go When I Go (2015)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for piano, violin, clarinet\/bass clarinet, viola &amp; cello<\/strong><br \/>\nAn arrangement of Stevie Wonder&#8217;s classic <i>They Won&#8217;t Go When I Go<\/i> from his 1974 album <i>Fulfillingness&#8217; First Finale<\/i>. Written for the Rogue Ensemble (Richie Hawley, clarinet; Emily Nebel, violin; Chris McKiggan piano; Ab Sengupta, viola; Julia Cleworth, cello).<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/scores\/They_Wont_Go_When_I_Go_SCORE.pdf\">SCORE<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"videoWrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;They Wont Go...\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HjgkKCNt0us?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h5>Alternate Ending (2014)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for alto saxophone<\/strong><br \/>\nWritten for saxophonist Dan Gelok to accompany the short silent film by <a href=\"https:\/\/vimeo.com\/channels\/1278272\/228731820\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">John Pilson<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/scores\/Alternate_Ending_SCORE.pdf\">SCORE<\/a><\/p>\n<h5>Dittersdorf Cadenza (2012)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for viola &amp; contrabass<\/strong><br \/>\nA short cadenza for the <i>Sinfonia Concertante<\/i> for viola and contrabass by Karl Ditters von Dittersdorf, written at the request of my dear colleagues <a href=\"https:\/\/music.rice.edu\/faculty\/ivo-jan-van-der-werff\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ivo van der Werff<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/music.rice.edu\/faculty\/timothy-pitts\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tim Pitts<\/a>.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/scores\/Dittersdorf_Cadenza_SCORE.pdf\">SCORE<\/a><\/p>\n<h5>Taratantara (2011)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for sundry crumhorns<\/strong><br \/>\nLittle ditty for the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.crumhorncollective.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Crumhorn Collective<\/a>. The title comes from a 1584 poem by Clement Robinson: <i>A Handful of Pleasant Delights<\/i><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8230;me thinks I heare<br \/>\nA trumpet shril which plain doth show<br \/>\nmy Lord is neare:<br \/>\nTantara tara tantara,<br \/>\nthis trumpet glads our hearts\u2026<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/scores\/Taratantara_SCORE.pdf\">SCORE<\/a><\/p>\n<h5>Only Begotten, Word of God Eternal (2004)<\/h5>\n<p><strong>for choir<\/strong><br \/>\nA liturgical hymn in the Anglican style (11.11.11.5) with concluding <i>Alleluia<\/i>. Words by Maxwell Julius Blacker.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/alzand.com\/scores\/Hymn_Only_Begotten_Word_Of_God_SCORE.pdf\">SCORE<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>compositions listed reverse chronologically within category; score, audio &amp; video excerpts are on individual pages ORCHESTRA Al Jazari&#8217;s Ingenious Clocks (2024) for orchestra: winds: 3*3*3*3*; brass: 4431; harp; piano\/celeste; timpani, 5 percussion; strings after inventions of 12th cent. engineer Ismail Al Jazari 15 minutes Parizade and the Singing Tree (2001\/2018) for narrator, orchestra: winds: 2*2*2*2*; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-697","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alzand.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/697","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alzand.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alzand.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alzand.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alzand.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=697"}],"version-history":[{"count":314,"href":"https:\/\/alzand.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/697\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7337,"href":"https:\/\/alzand.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/697\/revisions\/7337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alzand.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=697"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}