"Remember Me" [Michael Winikoff]

"Remember Me" [Michael Winikoff]

First line of lyrics: Remember me when I am gone away

Winikoff, Michael; music (New Zealand)

Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)

2016 [copyright]

genre: song

chorus: SATB chorus

instrumentation: a cappella

initial sharps/flats: one flat

initial time signature: 2/4

origin: New Zealand

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "Remember"

Notes about the text: "This piece was inspired by recent world events, specifically a number of violent attacks. I am mindful of the quotation from Leonard Bernstein: "This will be our reply to violence: to make music more intensely, more beautifully, more devotedly than ever before." This piece aims to be cathartic. My hope is that by expressing the grief and pain, we can then go on living without giving in to fear, anger, or hate." (ChoralWiki)

Tempo markings: "Grave", quarter note = 45-50

Performance instructions: "Performance notes: The first two bars: a single voice should commence by whispering "remember", followed by a chorus of whispers (each person in their own time). Simultaneously, the basses should start singing. The aim is for the bass entry to not be noticed. The next two bars: a single voice leads with "remember me", followed by the whisperers switching gradually from "remember" to "remember me". The whispering continues in each part until they start singing (so the Altos finish whispering last, in bar 8). Brackets indicate parts of the word that should not be sounded. Bars 49-50: the Alto part is the most important, and should stand out. The two fermata in bar 107 should be slight pauses (more like a rit, with an a tempo in the following bar)."

Performance history: "Remember me, and Nebo, Nebo, and I know a place, 26 and 27th of April 2019, University Presbyterian Church, Collegium Musicum at the University of Texas at Austin, directed by Rachel Davis. They have kindly given permission to share the recordings: Remember me, Nebo Nebo, I know a place." "Remember me (Michael Winikoff)."

Recordings: "Remember Me." Lyrics by Christina Rossetti, performance by Rachel Davis, conductor, and Collegium Musicum at The University of Texas at Austin, 2019. Winkioff Music, https://profwinikoff.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/02-remember-me.mp3. Accessed 22 May 2020.

Format 1: musical score

4 pages; performance time 5 minutes and 30 seconds

Other data reference(s): "Remember me (Michael Winikoff)." ChoralWiki. www0.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Remember_me_(Michael_Winikoff). Accessed May 18, 2019.
"Michael Winikoff." WordPress, https://winikoffmusic.wordpress.com/. Accessed May 18, 2019.

Cataloguer: Robyn Finlay and Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa

"Remember me (Michael Winikoff)." ChoralWiki. www0.cpdl.org/wiki/index.php/Remember_me_(Michael_Winikoff). Accessed May 18, 2019.

Record: CRM-remember-winikoff

File(s): CRM-remember-winikoff.pdf

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