First performance:
Jane Cummins, soprano, Margaret Kampmeier, piano
New York University, April 6, 2001
Review
“The poetry of Mallarmé is elusive at best, but Louis Karchin´s elucidation in the program notes made the composer´s intention quite clear. Setting such complex poetry to music is quite a challenge, but Mr. Karchin´s expressiveness carried the day.”