the remote hunger of droning things (2025)
for baritone and piano, 5’
This work was commissioned by the National Association for Teachers for Singing, Inc. and the Cincinnati Song Initiative.
Altitude, by Lola Ridge
I wonder
how it would be here with you,
where the wind
that has shaken off its dust in low valleys
touches one cleanly,
as with a new-washed hand,
and pain
is as the remote hunger of droning things,
and anger
but a little silence
sinking into the great silence.
Performances:
June 23, 2025, Cincinnati Song Initiative, Virtual/Cincinnati, OH
