When I Am Dead, My Dearest is an art song for bass voice and piano, setting Christina Rossetti’s meditation on grief and quiet release. The vocal writing moves with the natural weight of the lower voice, unhurried and unadorned, while the piano sustains a still, intimate atmosphere throughout.

The Golden Sunset is an art song for solo voice and piano, setting Samuel Longfellow’s meditation on the dissolving boundary between earth and sky at dusk. The vocal writing unfolds in long, flowing phrases that follow the natural arc of the text, while the piano sustains an atmosphere of quiet radiance throughout. This is a […]