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De Toda La Eternidad; Songs of American Women
Bonnie Pomfret, soprano and Laura Gordy, piano

“an affirmation and celebration of the high level of creativity achieved by American women composers, poets and performers”

“natural, pleasing sound of Pomfret’s singing”

“excellent performers”

“I highly recommend it.” -Artsong Update, Issue 47, November 2005

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Track List

(Track, Composer and Title)

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Libby Larsen- De Toda La Eternidad (Sor Juana Inez de la Cruz)-
1. Un instante me escuchen  Hear me one moment—
2. ¡Afuera, afuera, afuera!   Fall back, fall back, fall back!
3.  Tersa frente, oro el cabello   Smooth brow and golden hair
4. Esta tarde, mi bien     Speaking to you, beloved
5. Diuturna enfermedad de la Esperanza  Oh, malady of Hope

Louise Talma-
6. One need not be a chamber to be haunted (Emily Dickinson)
7. Rain Song (Jean Garrigue)
8. Glory be to God for Dappled Things (Gerard Manley Hopkins)
9. Spring and Fall; to a young child (Gerard Manley Hopkins)
10. Leap Before You Look (W. H. Auden)

Augusta Read Thomas - among dawn flowers (Basho)-
11 I. Orchid-breathing
12. II. Lightning

Bonds: Three Dream Portraits (Texts from The Dreamkeeper by Langston Hughes)-
13. Minstrel Man
14. Dream Variation
15. I, Too

Gabriela Lena Frank- Cuatro Canciones Andinas (José María Arguedas)-
16. Despidida: Leave-Taking
17. Yo Crío una Mosca I am Nursing a Fly
18. Carnaval de Tambobamba Tambobamba Carnival
19. Yunca Yunca

Libby Larsen - Songs from Letters: Calamity Jane to her daughter Janey,
1880-1902 (Martha “Calamity Jane” Canady)-
20. So Like Your Father’s (1880)
21. He Never Misses (1880)
22. A Man Can Love Two Women (1880)
23. A Working Woman (1882-93)
24. All I Have (1902)