Drew Hemenger, Composer

Cello (6)
Choral (3)
Guitar (2)
Orchestra (7)
Piano (2)
Small Ensemble (7)
Violin (2)
Voice (10)

A Supermarket in California
Her Final Show
Hot Yoga
I Cautious Scanned
If the Owl Calls Again
Love's Prophesy
Mother's Hands (voice and piano)
The Weary Blues: Songs based on the poetry of Langston Hughes
Which Way Home? (soprano and piano)
Which Way Home? (soprano and chamber ensemble)

A Supermarket in California (1998)

for tenor and piano

Audio

1. Tears

2. After Yeats

3. A Supermarket in California

Duration

10 min.

Premiere

1998
Hubbard Recital Hall
Manhattan School of Music, NYC
Todd Frizzell, Tenor; Robert Smith, piano

Text

Allen Ginsberg

Movements

I. Tears
II. After Yeats
III. A Supermarket in California

Dedication

for Todd

Notes

A Supermarket in California (1998) is a set of three songs on poems (including the prose poem "A Supermarket in California") by Allen Ginsberg, inspired and commissioned by the tenor Todd Frizzell. These poems give a small taste of the humor, irony, and power of this great poet American beat poet.

Last updated: 2011-12-15