Two Poems

Description

Audio

Duration

5 min.

Instrumentation

SSA choir and harp

Text

Percy Bysshe Shelley : To The Moon
John Keats : Bright Star

Songs

I. To The Moon
II. Bright Star

Program Notes

The texts for Two Poems, by Percy Bysshe Shelley and John Keats respectively, both use celestial imagery to convey two very different views on love. For me, the juxtaposition of the two poems adds to their expressiveness and brings out undercurrents that might otherwise go unnoticed.