for voice (any type) and piano (2015)
4 minutes
Text
In English by William Blake:
O Rose thou art sick,
The invisible worm
That flies in the night,
In the howling storm,
Has found out thy bed
Of crimson joy:
And his dark secret love
Does thy life destroy.
— William Blake, from Songs of Experience, 1789.
Recording
Commission
Commissioned by the Festival d’Aix en Provence
First performance
July 10, 2015
Aix-en-Provence, France
Benjamin Alunni, tenor / Nicolas Royez, piano
Pairing suggestions
Robert Schuman: Dichterliebe
Benjamin Britten: Songs and Proverbs of William Blake
Johannes Brahms: Vier ernste Gesänge
Erich W. Korngol: Abschiedslieder
Robert Schumann: Liederkreis
Alban Berg: Sieben frühe Lieder
Samuel Barber: Knoxville, Summer of 1915
Access
Available for purchase.
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