Composer and PlaywrightThe Reason Why The Closet-Man Is Never Sad (2010)
for Mezzo-Soprano, Vibraphone, Bassoon, and Double Bass
Text by Russell Edson
- “Erasing Amyloo”
- “The Conspiracy”
- “The Reason Why The Closet-Man Is Never Sad”
Duration: 10 min.
Premiere: Performed and Recorded by Kathleen O’Rourke at a concert of Stony Brook University Composers on February 6th, 2013. (Vibraphone: James Beauton, Bassoon: Rachel Koeth, Double Bass: Jack Meisburg)
Performed by Wonjung Kim at her DMA Voice Recital at Stony Brook University on April 6th, 2011. (Vibraphone: Megan Bednarz, Bassoon: Rachel Koeth, Double Bass: Marshall Henry)
The Reason Why The Closet-Man Is Never Sad (2010) sets three poems by the American absurdist prose poet Russell Edson for a singer accompanied by a quirky ensemble (vibraphone, bassoon, and double bass). The music (like the text) is alternately morbid and hilarious, its child-like vocabulary camouflaging a dark sense of irony.
The Reason Why The Closet-Man Is Never Sad (2010) sets three poems by the American absurdist prose poet Russell Edson for a singer accompanied by a quirky ensemble (vibraphone, bassoon, and double bass). The music (like the text) is alternately morbid and hilarious, its child-like vocabulary camouflaging a dark sense of irony.