Hymns at Heaven's Gate
part one: My Rhyme
vibraphone and harp with female actor
text: Shakespeare's Sonnet #17
to Daniel Druckman and Barbara Allen
11 pages (11"x17") duration ca. 6' and 30"
part two: Little Song
solo violin
to Linda Quan
3 pages (11"x17") duration 3'
part three: A Poet's Rage
piano and timpani with male actor
text: Shakespeare's Sonnet #29
to Jay Gottlieb and Gordon Gottlieb
12 pages (11"x17") duration ca. 6' and 30"This work, written in 2008, is in three parts with part one: a setting of Shakespeare's Sonnet #17 scored for vibraphone and harp (delicately beautiful) with a female reciter, part two: a violin solo in the form of a sonnet, part three: a setting of Sonnet #29 scored for timpani and piano (darkly violent) with a male reciter. In the settings the poems are as a precious jewel encased within a dense music.