For voice (high and medium voice versions) and piano (or ensemble: cl, pno, vln, vc), text by Elinor Wylie (1885-1928) (2007) – 4 minutes
World Premiere: 2008, American Opera Projects Composers and the Voice series, Abigail Fisher, soprano; Jennifer Peterson, piano
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Live performance recording by Avian Orchestra and Laura Heimes, soprano
PROGRAM NOTE
Let us walk in the white snow
In a soundless space;
With footsteps quiet and slow,
At a tranquil pace,
We shall walk through the still town
In a windless peace;
We shall step upon white down,
Upon silver fleece,
Upon softer than these.
We shall walk in velvet shoes:
Wherever we go
Silence will fall like dews
On the white silence below.
