Other Minds Festivals ➔ Other Minds Festival: OM 9, Concert 1: 02 “King David's Lament for Jonathan” by Lou Harrison
Digital Audio
Event Type
MusicOrigin
Other MindsIdentifier
OMF.2003.03.05.02Program Series
Other Minds FestivalProgram Length
7 minDates
| broadcast| 2003-03-05 | created
Description
Lou Harrison composed “King David's Lament for Jonathan” in October 1941. In 1985, he revised the work and incorporated it into “Three Songs” for male chorus. Baritone John Duykers and duo pianists Robert Krupnick and Donald Cobb premiered the original version at the Oakland Museum on March 19, 1972. The “Three Songs” were premiered on September 28, 1985 by the Portland Gay Men's Choir, with Gilbert Seely conducting.The text is from the Bible: II Samuel 1:26. The version that Lou Harrison has set reads:
"Now I grieve for you, my brother Jonathan;
Dear and delightful you were to me,
Your love surpassing the love of women.
Now I grieve for you, my brother Jonathan."
Genres
Art songsMusical Selections
King David's Lament for Jonathan (1941, rev. 1985) (6:20) / Lou Harrison [arr. by Christi Denton in 2003]Performers
Harold Gray Meers, tenorMark Morash, piano
Jake Heggie, piano
San Francisco Gay Men's Chorus
Subjects
Art songsSongs (High voice) with piano
Choruses, Sacred (Men's voices), with piano
Related Event
Other Minds Festival 9Related place
San Francisco (Calif.) (was recorded at)Related Entities
Other Minds FestivalSan Francisco Gay Men's Chorus
Harrison, Lou, 1917-2003
Heggie, Jake, 1961-
Meers, Harold Gray
Morash, Mark