Five Vignettes of Spring
Instrumentation: (mezzo) soprano and piano
Year Composed: 2017
Duration: 9 minutes
Program Notes:
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For Thea Lobo and Eunmi Ko.
Texts drawn from William Corbett’s Columbus Square Journal, used with permission from the author:
For Thea Lobo and Eunmi Ko.
Texts drawn from William Corbett’s Columbus Square Journal, used with permission from the author:
I.
Cold grey morning like
a smudge the sun
a spot of solder
a smudge the sun
a spot of solder
1 April
II.
Single monarch butterfly
over the garden
daydreaming of you.
over the garden
daydreaming of you.
29, 30 May, 1 June
III.
“Satisfaction is a lowly
thing, how pure a thing is joy”
thing, how pure a thing is joy”
Flesh is fatal
satisfied this minute
anxious for the next
in all innocence.
Joy is too pure
a thing none are safe
who can’t be satisfied.
If I could shut
my eyes and not see you.
satisfied this minute
anxious for the next
in all innocence.
Joy is too pure
a thing none are safe
who can’t be satisfied.
If I could shut
my eyes and not see you.
14 May
IV.
Moon white clematis circles
the tree West Newton Street
circle me in your arms
the nights we sleep apart
the tree West Newton Street
circle me in your arms
the nights we sleep apart
16 June
V.
Few apple blossoms sad to miss their fall
29, 30 May, 1 June
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Five Vignettes (excerpt)
Songeaters Duo: Thea Lobo and Eunmi Ko
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