Five Songs for Dark Voice
Solo contralto/2112/2200/timp, perc, harp, piano/strings.
Written in 1956.
English words.
Commissioned by the 1956 Stratford Festival, Stratford, Ontario, for Maureen Forrester.
Duration: ca. 13:00
Out of print.
1. Now every grief is personal — 2. Be perfect and articulate — 3. The hands that do not touch will bruise — 4. How can I talk of this city? — 5.
How can I hold within me all that is?