Soprano and ensemble (t.sax, pno, vn, vc), or also available for soprano and piano, text by Walt Whitman (2008) – 4 minutes
World Premiere: 2008, American Opera Projects Composers and the Voice series, Donna Smith, soprano; Jennifer Peterson, piano
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Live performance recording by Avian Orchestra and Laura Heimes, soprano
PROGRAM NOTE
Lo! the moon ascending!
Up from the East, the silvery round moon;
Beautiful over the house-tops, ghastly phantom moon;
Immense and silent moon.
