Forgetfulness Album | Randall Scarlata Baritone

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FORGETFULNESS

Poet Billy Collins has a remarkable way of examining profound and complex subjects—such as memory loss—with a delicate and often humorous touch. His poem "Forgetfulness" had deep resonance for me as I watched my mother disappear into the fog of dementia over the course of a decade. In this song cycle, I set Collin’s poem 3 times, first as written, followed by two reprises which fragment the poem. In between the settings of Collins’ poem I placed brief songs about Namenda, a drug used to treat dementia associated with Alzheimer’s disease.

"Forgetfulness" was composed for Randall Scarlata, the Daedalus Quartet, and Marcantonio Barone.

Permissions: Lyrics from the poem "Forgetfulness" from Questions About Angels, by Billy Collins, © 1991. All rights controlled by the University of Pittsburgh Press, Pittsburgh, PA 15260. Used by permission of University of Pittsburgh Press. Directions on how to take Namenda and Side Effects of Namenda from drugs.com

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Forgetfulness
by Randall Scarlata, Marcantonio Barone & Daedalus Quartet

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Dosage
by Randall Scarlata, Marcantonio Barone & Daedalus Quartet

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Forgetfulness (Reprise 1)
by Randall Scarlata, Marcantonio Barone & Daedalus Quartet

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by Laura Ward, piano; Randall Scarlata, baritone

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Forgetfulness (Reprise 2)
by Randall Scarlata, Marcantonio Barone & Daedalus Quartet

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Forgetfulness was composed for Randall Scarlata, the Daedalus Quartet, and Marcantonio Barone.

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