Aaron Copland
The Chariot
Dickinson’s first line reads “Because I could not stop for death”. The score reads “Because I would not stop for death.”
Going to Heaven!
To Lukas Foss
‘I’ve heard an organ talk sometimes’
To Alberto Ginastera
I felt a funeral in my brain
To Camargo Guarnieri
When they come back
To Harold Shapero
Sleep is supposed to be
To Irving Fine
Dear March, come in!
To Juan Orrego Salas
Heart, we will forget him
To Marcelle de Manziarly
The world feels dusty
To Alexei Haieff
Why do they shut me out of Heaven?
To Ingolf Dahl
There came a wind like a bugle
To Elliott Carter
Nature, the gentlest mother
To David Diamond
Alone
Arabic text by John Duncan [not set] Translated by E. Powys Mathers