[mezzo-sop, 2perc]
Timing: 2’15”
Program note:
Ah! Sun-flower
Ah Sun-flower! weary of time.
Who countest the steps of the Sun:
Seeking after that sweet golden clime
Where the travellers journey is done.
Where the Youth pined away with desire,
And the pale Virgin shrouded in snow:
Arise from their graves and aspire,
Where my Sun-flower wishes to go.
William Blake (1757-1827)
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Performances:
April 6, 2004 Colleen Hughes, mezzo-sop; John Astaire, Rieko Koyama, perc Recital Hall / Indiana University