on 7 poems from For Dreamers Who Dare (1975)
(6’30”) 1992:
Remembrance – Severance – The Two – Loneliness –
Scars – Your Hand – Waiting
premiered by Helene Williams & composer,
Greenwich House “Village Varieties” concert
by Composers Concordance 11/19/92
and at LICA Chelsea Center concert 5/22/93,
Songs of Love concert 2/5/95; recorded on Capstone CPS 8647
Helene Wiliams sings Songs of Love
poems written in 1939; setting for Soprano & Piano, 7/93;
(10′) commissioned by Corliss Lamont & dedicated to him,
Beth Lamont, Rosalyn Baxandall, & Helene Williams;
premiere by Helene & composer, Bethpage Library 3/4/94;
Composers Concordance, Kosciuszko Fdn 3/11/94;
Westchester Peace Action Coalition
(in memory of corliss) 6/3/95;
LICA Songs of Love, N. Merrick Library 2/5/95;
recorded at Hicksville Library 3/29/97,
released on Capstone CPS 8647:
Helene Williams sings Songs of Love.
1) If I can step within
2) To My Jewish Friend in Pittsburgh
3) The beauty of love
4) I lock my heart against you [partially reprised as 5A&6A)
5) Won’t you unlock –
6) To Carlo [Tresca], South Beach (After 14 Years)
7) On “Equality”
18-song cycle on poems by Australian poets (42’30”):
Edith Speers (#1), Jacob Rosenberg (#2),
Oodgeroo Noonuccal (#3), Alex Skovron (#4 & 6),
Alison Croggon (#5), Jordie Albiston (#7),
Peter Goldsworthy (#8), Judith Wright (#9, 16 & 17),
Michael Dransfield (#10), John Forbes (#11 & 12),
John Tranter (#13), Chris Wallace-Crabbe (#14),
Ania Walwicz (#15), Ian McBryde (#18);
for Helene [Williams], to Alex Skovron;
premiered by her & composer,
Bryant Library, Roslyn NY, Dec. 2, 2001
Chapel Off Chapel, Prahran, Melbourne, Jan. 5, 2002