Jennifer Higdon: Vocal Works

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Bentley Roses

Scoring: mezzo soprano, flute, piano
Texts: James Whitcomb Riley
Movements:

• Old Fashioned Roses
• The Rose
• To the Roses
• A Rose in October

Year completed: 2002
Duration: 12 minutes (4 songs, which may be performed independently)

breaking

Scoring: soprano, piano
Year completed: 1999
Duration: 3 minutes

Dooryard Bloom

Scoring: baritone, orchestra
Year completed: 2004
Duration: 24 minutes
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Falling

Scoring: voice, piano
Text: by the composer, part of a collection of Valentine songs written over the years
Year completed: 2003
Duration: 2 minutes

Hop & Toe Dance

Scoring: soprano, piano
Year completed: 2001
Duration: 1 minute

In Our Quiet

Scoring: soprano or mezzo soprano, piano
Year completed: 1992
Duration: 4 minutes

Lullaby

Scoring (8 scorings):

• mezzo soprano, flute, piano (version A)
• 2 flutes, piano (version B)
• flute quartet (version C)
  
• soprano saxophone, flute, piano (version D)
• 2 alto saxophones, piano (version E)
• soprano saxophone, alto saxophone, piano (version F)
• soprano, alto saxophone, piano (version G)
• flute, clarinet, piano (version H)

Year completed: 1991
Duration: 3 minutes

Morning Opens

Scoring: soprano, piano
Year completed: 1997
Duration: 3 minutes

Notes on Love

Scoring: soprano, flute, piano
Year completed: 1992
Duration: 24 minutes (8 songs, which may be performed individually and/or in any combination)

Red

Scoring: bass-baritone and piano
Text: Eric Owens
Year completed: 2004
Duration: 3 minutes

Threaded

Scoring: mezzo soprano, piano
Year completed: 2003
Duration: 2 minutes

To Home

Scoring: soprano, piano
Year completed: 1998
Duration: 3 minutes

Wedding Hymn

Scoring: soprano, flute, piano (version A); 2 flutes, piano (version B)
Text: Sidney Lanier
Year completed: 1995
Duration: 5 minutes