Joel FEIGIN (born 1951) Christine Schadeberg (soprano)a Musicians’ Accord Fred Cohen (conductor) St. Peter’s Episcopal Church, Chelsea, New York City September 1995 and March 1996 The Mansion at Fairleigh Dickinson University, Madison, NJ March 1996 (Eight Japanese Poems) NORTH / SOUTH RECORDINGS R 1011 [2CDs: 69:36 + 57:06]

Disc 1

Five Ecstatic Poems by Kabir (1989)a

1. I. Allegro

2. II. Adagio

3. III. Un poco agitato

5. V. Moderato

6. VI. Allegro Passionato

7. Veränderungen (1995)

Four Poems by Linda Pastan (1987)a

8. I. Instructions To The Reader

9. II. PM

10. III. AM

11. IV. We Come To Silence

Four Fantasy Pieces (1987)

12. I. Cavatina

13. II. Scherzo

14. III. Notturno

15. IV. Moto Perpetuo

Four Poems of Wallace Stevens (1985, rev. 1996)a

16. I. The Irish Cliffs Of Moher

17. II. A Child Asleep In Its Own Life

18. III. Reality Is An Activity Of The Most August Imagination

19. IV. Of Mere Being

Disc 2

Nexus (1993)

1. I. Prelude - Allegretto scherzando, un poco andante

2. II. Adagio

3. III. Gigue - Vivace

First Tragedy (1982)a

4. I. Agitato

5. II. Andante con moto

6. III. Agitato

7. IV. Misterioso

8. Echoes from the Holocaust (1993) for oboe, viola and piano Set of variations on an "idealised Jewish folk song" based on features from two songs written by Holocaust victims.

Eight Japanese Poems (1983, rev. 1993)a

9. I. Unaware

11. III. Fireflies

12. IV. Buddha Law

13. V. Listen

15. VII. Cuckoo sings

16. VIII. To clouds

17. Transience (1994, rev. 1995)