Harlequin’s Rainbow (L’Arc-en-ciel d’Arlequin) for mezzo and string quartet

for mezzo-soprano and string quartetMovements1. Théâtre (Theater)2. Décor (Decor)3. Cuisine Lyrique (Lyrical Cuisine)4. Harlequinade (Harlequin’s Tale)5. À Colombine (To Columbine)6. Arlequin (Harlequin)7. Ivresse de Lune (Drunk with the Moon)8. Violon du Lune (The Violin of the Moon)9. Nostalgie (Nostalgia)10. Parfum Bergame (Perfumes of Bergamo)11. L’Alphabet (The Alphabet)12. Souper sur l’Eau (Soirée on the Water) Composer NoteL’Arc-en-ciel d’Arlequin (Harlequin’s Rainbow) (2021) is a 38-minute song cycle for mezzo-soprano and string quartet on poems from Albert Giraud’s 1884 Pierrot Lunaire. The work is the result of a commission from the University of Texas at Dallas School of Arts & Humanities for a premiere performance by Rachel Calloway and the Amernet Quartet. Harlequin’s Rainbow is a companion piece to Arnold Schoenberg’s 1912 Pierrot Lunaire, of the same length, for reciter and chamber ensemble. It also pairs with Schoenberg’s String Quartet No. 2 (1908), which includes