Name: The Wild Iris Song Cycle: 3. September Twilight
Duration: P00H01M48S
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: 3. September Twilight

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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III. September Twilight

I gathered you together, now I can dispense with you
I’m tired of you, chaos of the living world,
I can only extend myself for so long to a living thing.
I summoned you into existence by opening my mouth,
by lifting my little finger, shimmering,
blues of the wild aster, blossom of the lily,
immense, gold-veined.
You come and go; eventually I forget your names.
You come and go, every one of you flawed in some way,
in some way compromised:
you are worth one life, no more than that.
I gathered you together; now I can erase you.
As though you were a draft to be thrown away,
an exercise because I’ve finished you,
vision of deepest mourning.

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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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