Robin Redbreast

Corey Dargel takes a break from his own composing duties to step up to the mic and take a turn as the vocal soloists in Beglarian’s five-minute setting of this Stanley Kunitz poem. His delivery is characteristically reserved, which assures that the sentiments are not overwhelmed by clichéd melodrama. He is joined by Margaret Lancaster, who sculpts the topic-appropriate tweets and twitters with a piccolo. (And yes, you’re right. Dargel sounds like he’s channeling Theo Bleckmann here to me, too.)

—MS