3 Songs for Soprano and Piano
on poems by Emily Dickinson
Publisher
E. C. Schirmer Music Company
Catalog Number
8645
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Description
Emily Dickinson loved writing about nature and wrote many poems about flowers, three of which are celebrated in the song cycle “Upon This Summer’s Day”. Flowers of various descriptions and personalities are included in this collection, one of two song cycles in which I’ve set her flower poems to music.
Texts
1 – Perhaps you’d like to buy a flower?
2 – Apparently with no surprise
3 – When roses cease to bloom, dear
Year of Composition
2009
Duration
6 minutes
Dedication
Cherie Caluda
First Performance
November 10, 2016
London Festival of American Music
The Warehouse, Waterloo
London, England
Nadine Benjamin, soprano
Susanna Stranders, piano
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Nadine Benjamin, soprano
Susanna Stranders, piano
Perhaps you’d like to buy a flower?
Apparently with no surprise
When roses cease to bloom, dear