Classic River Songs from the Past Century
Songs from “Water: A Musical Celebration of America’s Heartland and Heart”
Looking-Glass River | Music: John Alden Carpenter | Text: Robert Louis Stevenson
The Banks of the Yellow Sea | Music: Ernst Bacon | Text: Emily Dickinson
The Negro Speaks of Rivers | Music: Margaret Bonds | Text: Langston Hughes
The Lordly Hudson | Music: Ned Rorem | Text: Paul Goodman
Water That Falls and Runs Away | Music: John Duke | Text: Mark Van Doren
Gliding O’er All | Music: Ned Rorem | Text: Walt Whitman
Lady of the Harbor | Music: Lee Hoiby | Text: Emma Lazarus
My River Runs to Thee | Music: Ernst Bacon | Text: Emily Dickinson
At Ship’s Helm | Music: Michael Tilson Thomas | Text: Walt Whitman
The Housatonic at Stockbridge | Music: Charles Ives | Text: Robert Underwood Johnson
Thomas Hampson, baritone & Vlad Iftinca, piano
Minnesota Beethoven Festival, July 2011
Minnesota Marine Art Museum
Winona, Minnesota
Looking-Glass River (1912)
Music by John Alden Carpenter (1876-1951)
Text by Robert Louis Stevenson (1850-1894)
Read the text of this song here.
The Banks of the Yellow Sea (1942)
Music by Ernst Bacon (1898-1990)
Text by Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)
Read the text and German translation of this song here.
The Negro Speaks of Rivers (1941)
Music by Margaret Bonds (1913-1972)
Text by Langston Hughes (1902-1967)
The Lordly Hudson (1947)
Music by Ned Rorem (b. 1923)
Text by Paul Goodman (1911-1972)
Water That Falls and Runs Away (1974)
Music by John Woods Duke (1899-1984)
Text by Mark Van Doren (1894-1972)
Gliding O’er All (1970)
Music by Ned Rorem (b. 1923)
Text by Walt Whitman (1819-1892)
Lady of the Harbor (1985)
Music by Lee Hoiby (1926-2011)
Text by Emma Lazarus (1849-1887)
My River Runs to Thee (1931)
Music by Ernst Bacon (1898-1990)
Text by Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)
At Ship’s Helm (version from 2006)
Music by Michael Tilson Thomas (b. 1944)
Text by Walt Whitman (1819-1892)
The Housatonic at Stockbridge (1921)
Music by Charles Ives (1874-1954)
Text by Robert Underwood Johnson (1853-1937)
