From Do Not Rise (2018)
I. salt, II. crisis, III. bright one
mezzo-soprano and piano
5'
I. salt, II. crisis, III. bright one
mezzo-soprano and piano
5'
I find Beth Bachmann’s poetry appealing due to its dense economy, as well as its visceral and raw energy and imagery. The poems I set are derived from her 2015 book Do Not Rise, which deals with the psychology of war from a soldier’s perspective. The poems are tinged with surrealism and symbolism and push, “...against grammar and logic and into phenomena.” As Elizabeth Willis, another great contemporary poet, puts it.
Performances:
-Upcoming.
Performances:
-Upcoming.