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Thisisthehouroflead(21.12) 1 I. Aftergreatpain,aformalfeelingcomes(9.27) 2 II. Interlude(I)(1.06) 3 III. Vocalise(2.10) 4 IV. Interlude(II)(2.22) 5 V. AedhwishesfortheClothsofHeaven(6.10)

AbigailFischer,mezzo-soprano; JillHeinke,flutes;KristinLee,violin;KarenKim,violin/viola; JessicaMeyer,viola;HiroMatsuo,cello; LucilleChung,piano; IanDavidRosenbaum,percussion

6Cirque(4.21)

KarenKim,violin

TheQualityofMercy(26.15) 7 I. Introit(4.56) 8 II. Kyrie[asthegentlerain(I)](2.33) 9 III. What(2.06) 10 IV. Interlude[voiceprint](2.02) 11 V. itbecomesthethronedmonarchbetterthanhiscrown(3.50) 12 VI. Anthem[anathema](5.23) 13 VII. asthegentlerain(II)(3.48) 14 VIII. Coda(1.40)

AbigailFischer,mezzo-soprano; JillHeinke,flutes; MoranKatz,clarinets; KarenKim,violin; HiroMatsuo,cello; IanDavidRosenbaum,percussion; PatrickCastillo,electronics

totaltime:51.48

RecordedMarch29–30,2014,atOktavenAudio,Yonkers,NY(www.oktavenaudio.com).Engineer:RyanStreber

Thisisthehouroflead

I.372(341)Aftergreatpain,aformalfeelingcomes–TheNervessitceremonious,likeTombs–ThestiffHeartquestions,“wasitHe,thatbore,”And“Yesterday,orCenturiesbefore”?

TheFeet,mechanical,goround–AWoodenwayOfGround,orAir,orOught–Regardlessgrown,AQuartzcontentment,likeastone–

ThisistheHourofLead–Remembered,ifoutlived,AsFreezingpersons,recollecttheSnow–First–Chill–thenStupor–thenthelettinggo–

—EmilyDickinson

PoembyEmilyDickinsonusedbyarrangementwiththepublishersandtheTrusteesofAmherstCollegefromTHEPOEMSOFEMILYDICKINSON,RalphW.Franklined.,Cam-bridge,Mass.:TheBelknapPressofHarvardUniversityPress,Copyright©1998bythePresidentandFellowsofHarvardCollege.Copyright©1951,1955,1979,bythePresidentandFellowsofHarvardCollege.Allrightsreserved.

V.AedhwishesfortheClothsofHeavenHadItheheavens’embroideredcloths,Enwroughtwithgoldenandsilverlight,TheblueandthedimandthedarkclothsOfnightandlightandthehalflight,Iwouldspreadtheclothsunderyourfeet:ButI,beingpoor,haveonlymydreams;Ihavespreadmydreamsunderyourfeet;Treadsoftlybecauseyoutreadonmydreams.

—WilliamButlerYeats

TheQualityofMercyIII.WhatWhatshallIcallyou?BywhatnameshallIcallyou?Omyresemblance?

PATRICKCASTILLOleadsamultifacetedcareerasacomposer,performer,writer,andeducator.HismusichasbeenpresentedatfestivalsandvenuesthroughouttheUnitedStatesandinternationally,includingSpoletoFestivalUSA,JuneinBuffalo,theSantaFeNewMusicFestival,theQueensNewMu-sicFestival,InterlochenCenterfortheArts,BerkleeCollegeofMusic,TenriCulturalInstitute,BavarianAcademyofMusic(Munich),theNurembergMu-seumofContemporaryArt,andtheHavanaContemporaryMusicFestival.

Recentseasonhighlightsincludetheworldpremieresof Dreamers often lie forviolinandspokenword,Music for the Third Place forviolinandelectronics,The Conversation of Prayers forsopranoandensemble,andOxford Alley forchamberorchestra;theGermanpremiereofCirqueforsoloviolin;andthethirdNewYorkperformanceofThis is the hour of lead,achambercantataformezzo-sopranoandensemble;aswellaspremiereperformancesofPatrickCastillo’schoralandchamberworksbyAnti-SocialMusic,Ensemble61,ForecastMusic,theInterlochenChamberPlayers,theManhattanChoralEnsemble,theNewYorkVirtuosoSingers,theSocietyforNewMusic,thePharosMusicProject,andothers.

PatrickCastilloisvariouslyactiveasanexplicatorofmusictoawiderangeoflisteners.Hehasprovidedprogramandlinernotesfornumerousconcertseriesandrecordingcompanies:mostprolificallyforMusic@Menlo,achambermusicfestivalandinstituteinSiliconValleyforwhichheservedasArtisticAdministratorformorethantenyears.Inthislattercapacity,hehasledavarietyofpre-concertdiscussionevents;designedoutreachpresentationsformiddleandhighschoolstudents;andauthored,narrated,andproducedthewidelyacclaimedAudioNotesseriesoflistener’sguidestothechambermusicliterature.PatrickCastillohasbeenaguestlecturerattheChamberMusicSocietyofLincolnCenter,forwhoseLateNightRoseseriesheservesashost;FordhamUniversity;theMilwaukeeSymphonyOrchestra;theChamberMusicFestivaloftheBluegrass(Kentucky);String

TheoryattheHunter(Chattanooga,TN);andChamberFestCleveland.From2010to2013,heservedasSeniorDirectorofArtisticPlanningoftheSaintPaulChamberOrchestra.

PatrickCastilloholdsdegreesinmusicandsociologyfromVassarCollege,wherehisteachersincludedLoisVVierk,AnneaLockwood,andRichardWilson.HehasalsoparticipatedinmasterclasseswithJohnHarbison,AlvinLucier,RogerReynolds,andCharlesWuorinen.WhileatVassar,PatrickCastilloservedascomposer-in-residencefortheMahagonnyEnsemble,acollectiveofperformersspecializingintwentieth-centurymusic.HisRequiem aeternamformixedchorusandchamberensemble,composedfortheMahagonny,wasawardedthe2001JeanSlaterEdsonPrize.HehasalsobeentherecipientoftheBrianM.IsraelPrize,awardedbytheSocietyforNewMusicforhischamberworkLola.

Formoreinformation,pleasevisitwww.patrickcastillo.com.

THANKYOUMeredithAlden,JamesBerdahl,PaoloBordignon,Emmanuel&IdaCastillo,JoeCastillo,Marlou&LeahCastillo,PhillipCheah,GloriaChien,LucilleChung,TristanCook,JessicaEtten,Alma&CezarFrancisco,JenniferFrautschi,LindseyHansen,LindaLovasHoeschler,JenniferHoward,Jung&YungKim,RobertKim&JulieTeal,RogerKnopf&ChristineHanson,ChloeKramer,MihaiMarica,ZacNicholson,JohnNuechterlein,AnnieRohan,TrineSorensen&MichaelJacobson,CarlosTome,andDaphneWong.

DesignbyNickStone(www.nickstonedesign.com).

Photographs©JohnRose2015(instagram:mrjrose01)

InnovaDirector:PhilipBlackburn

OperationsDirector:ChrisCampbell

Publicist:SteveMcPherson

InnovaissupportedbyanendowmentfromtheMcKnightFoundation.

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