Name: The Wild Iris Song Cycle: 1. Clear Morning
Duration: P00H02M19S
Description: The first of a cycle of three songs written in 2007, set to poetry from Louise Glück's book, "The Wild Iris".

The Wild Iris Song Cycle: 1. Clear Morning

from Skyfire: An Opera in One Act and Other Student Works by Heidi Fivash

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The first of a cycle of three songs written in 2007, set to poetry from Louise Glück's book, "The Wild Iris".

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I. Clear Morning

I’ve watched you long enough,
I can speak to you any way I like,
I’ve submitted to your preferences,
observing patiently the things you love,
speaking through vehicles only,
in details of earth, as you prefer,
tendrils of blue clematis,
light of the early evening,
you would never accept a voice like mine,
indifferent to the objects you busily name,
your mouths small circles of awe,
And all this time I indulged your limitations
thinking you would cast it aside yourselves sooner or later,
thinking matter could not absorb your gaze forever,
obstacle of the clematis painting blue flowers on the porch windows,
I cannot go on restricting myself to images
because you think it is your right to dispute my meaning:
I am prepared now to force clarity upon you.

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from Skyfire: An Opera in One Act and Other Student Works, released April 25, 2010
Erin Dodge, soprano
Katie O'Rourke, piano

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Heidi Fivash Seattle, Washington

Heidi creates music in many forms. She studied music composition at Western Washington University where she earned several awards and scholarships for piano and composition, including being named the Presser Scholar, the highest honor for music majors. She currently works as a piano teacher and a piano tuner serving the greater Seattle area. ... more

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