songs for soprano and piano
(2007)
Duration: 9'
in progress
This work is in manuscript.
An ongoing collection of songs setting selections from 40 abandoned postcards discovered and compiled by playwright Gary Winter. Found over years of Gary's antique-store and used-bookseller browsing, the brief, sometimes enigmatic messages in these postcards are forever frozen in time, and they offer a curious glimpse into capricious sentiments of sweetness, disappointment, sorrow, playfulness, and wonder. Three are set so far, with several more planned to complete the collection.
First performance: Emily Martin, soprano / David Holkeboer, piano, October 11 2006, The Watkinson School, Hartford CT
