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Listen to excerpts of original musical compositions by Ronald Perera.
Audio Excerpts
Click a link to hear an excerpt from the indicated composition. All excerpts are in MP3 format; to hear them, you must have an MP3 player, such as Windows MediaPlayer, Quick Time, or Winamp, installed on your computer. For details about purchasing CDs or recordings of any of these pieces, visit the Recordings page or the online catalog.
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S.
Excerpt is from Act I, scene 5. Singers include Jane Bryden, James Maddelena, Brenda Dawe, Paulina Stark, David Ripley, Jon Humphrey, and Stephen Curylo, with Monica Jakuc and Clifton J. Noble, Jr., pianos, and Peter Tanner and John Kelly, percussion. Paul Flight, conductor.
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The Yellow Wallpaper
Excerpt is from Act I, scene I. Singers include Jane Bryden, David Ripley, and Karen Smith Emerson. Orchestra conducted by Dennis Burkh.
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Orchestra / Chamber Orchestra
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The One that Could Repeat from Five Summer Songs
(Chamber version)
Performed by Carole Wilson, mezzo-soprano with the Budapest Camerata, Adrian Sunshine, conductor.
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Why I Wake Early
Movement eight of Why I Wake Early. Performed by the Chatham Chorale and Chamber Singers with instrumentalists, Margaret T. Bossi, conductor.
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All in Green
Movement four of Earthsongs. Performed by the Smith College Glee Club and Valley Festival Orchestra, Theodore Morrison, conductor.
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A Fondness for Music
Movement three of the eponymous work. Performed by the voices of the 2000 Mount Holyoke College Choral Reunion, Catherine Melhorn, conductor, Mark Gionfriddo, piano.
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The Golden Door
Excerpt is the opening of the piece. Performed by The University of Massachusetts Chamber Choir, Wayne Abercrombie, conductor.
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The Light Here Kindled
Excerpt: "Out of Small Beginnings." Performed by the Harvard University Choir with the Cambridge Brass Ensemble, John Ferris, conductor.
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Mass
Excerpt is from the Gloria. Performed by the Cathedral Choral Society and members of the National Symphony at Washington National Cathedral. Soloists are Helen Boatwright, Gene Tucker, Richard Dirksen and John Uhrig. Paul Callaway, conductor.
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The Sea Has Many Voices from The Outermost House
Excerpt is from movement four of The Outermost House. Performed by The Chatham Chorale, Margaret Bossi, conductor.
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Set Me as a Seal from Three Love Lyrics
Movement three of Three Love Lyrics. Performed at the Five College Choral Festival by the combined choirs of Amherst College, Mount Holyoke College, Five College Early Music, University of Massachusetts, Hampshire College, and Smith College, Jonathan Hirsh, director.
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Alone from Three Night Pieces
Excerpt is from movement one, "Alone." Performed by the Smith College Choir, John Sessions, cello, Monica Jakuc, piano, Peter Tanner, percussion, Amy Kaiser, conductor.
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Children of the Sun
Movement one, "The Sun's Travels." Performed by Gretchen d'Armand, soprano, Mary Lou Wittig, horn, and Kenneth Fearn, piano.
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Three Poems of Günter Grass
Excerpt is from movement one, Gleisdreieck. Performed by Boston Musica Viva, Elsa Charlston, soprano, Richard Pittman, conductor.
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After Brancusi from Visions
Performed by Boston Musica Viva with Jane Bryden and Karen Smith Emerson, sopranos. Richard Pittman, conductor.
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The White Whale
Excerpt is from movement one The Prisoner. Performed by Sanford Sylvan, baritone with an orchestra of Five College Musicians, conducted by Joel Rosenberg.
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You Lean Back from Apollo Circling
Excerpt is Movement 3, You Lean Back Performed by Gretchen d'Armand, soprano and Constance LaSalle, piano.
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I Hear An Army from Sleep Now
Excerpt is from movement one, I Hear an Army. Performed by Karen Smith Emerson, soprano, with Arlene Shrut, piano.
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The One that Could Repeat from Five Summer Songs
(Voice and piano version)
Performed by Joanna Simon, mezzo-soprano with Samuel Sanders, piano.
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Augmented Forces
Excerpt is from the beginning of the piece. Performed by Kenneth Fearn, piano, and John Van Buskirk, Yamaha DX-7 synthesizer.
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