Thought (2015)

Description

Audio

Duration

12 min.

Instrumentation

Soprano and chamber ensemble

Text

Walt Whitman : Leaves of Grass

Program Notes

Thought is based on a short eponymous text by Walt Whitman from his collection Leaves of Grass. He authored many epigrammatic writings of that name, each dealing with a different moral or philosophical issue that was important to him. He wrote on topics including nature, ownership, spirituality, justice, and more. This work, commissioned by the Riot Ensemble, is a meditation on one of those texts.