This wonderful song cycle for soprano and chamber ensemble by the American composer Lawrence Moss sets Chinese poetry in English translation. http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XMzE2NDU1MzQ1Mg==.html?spm=a2hzp.8253869.0.0
This song cycle was written for, and premiered by soprano Ruth Hopkins. A Spark Lights the Void Within was written in memory of Lydia Press. I wrote the texts of the three recitatives in the wake of Lydia’s passing away, and later chose the Cavafy and Shelley poems to accompany my own. Southampton University Strings premiered…Continue Reading “A Spark Lights the Void Within (2009) for soprano and string orchestra (or piano and double bass)”