JULIANA HALL | AMERICAN ART SONG COMPOSER

PARADISE

7 Songs for Soprano and Piano
on poems by Emily Dickinson

Publisher
Juliana Hall Music

Availability
Summer 2022

Texts
1 – I sing to use the Waiting
2 – I’ve heard an Organ talk, sometimes
3 – Why – do they shut Me out of Heaven?
4 – At least – to pray – is left – is left
5 – Teach Him – When He makes the names
6 – What is – “Paradise”
7 – Tie the Strings to my Life, My Lord

Year of Composition
1999

Duration
23 minutes

First Performance
April 29, 2001
 
Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
Hartford, CT
 
Patricia Prunty, soprano
Juliana Hall, piano

Listen

Patricia Prunty, soprano
Juliana Hall, piano

I sing to use the Waiting

I’ve heard an Organ talk, sometimes

Why – do they shut Me out of Heaven?

At least – to pray – is left – is left

Teach Him – When He makes the names

What is – “Paradise”

Tie the Strings to my Life, My Lord