On Music (2005)
For Soprano, Clarinet, and Piano
Movements:
I. Invitation to Music
II. Soul Dance
III. Without Translation
IV. I and Thou
V. The Final Prelude...
Duration: 21 minutes
On Music, with text by Beatrice Hols, is a five-movement song cycle that takes the listener on an intimate journey through the many relationships and dimensions of music—whether it is the composer to the page, the performer to the stage, or the lingering resonance of one’s final song before mortality.