Song cycle: Fragment 1; You, Father; Fragment 2; Last Night I Dreamt; Fragment 3; I Saw My Father Drowning; Don’t Cry.
2002, Revised 2003, Revised 2010 | baritone/piano trio or mezzo-soprano/piano trio. There are also baritone and mezzo versions with flute instead of violin.
Poems by Anne Ranasinghe (1925-2016) and David Vogel (1891-1944), used with permission.
“You, Father,” “Last Night I Dreamt,” and “Don’t Cry” are from the book At What Dark Point, ©1991, Anne Ranasinghe, used by permission of the poet. “I Saw My Father Drowning” is from the book Selected Poems by David Vogel, translated by A.C. Jacobs (1976). Permission granted by The Menard Press on behalf of the Estate of A.C. Jacobs.
Baritone version premiered by Music of Remembrance, Benaroya Hall, April 2003 and mezzo version premiered by Music of Remembrance in March 2010. Poems by Anne Ranasinghe (1925-2016) and David Vogel (1891-1944).
