Dark Forest (2016-17)
(text originally by Renzo Montangoli; translated into English by Ian Evans Guthrie)
Total duration: 7’42”.
2-song set for baritone and piano
I. Moan of the Wind; II. Song of the Wood
Commissioned by Dante Mirales in 2016; 1st prize of the 2017 Arcady Composition Competition; selected composition for the 2018 University of North Texas Collevoux
Premiered by Orion Canter and Xinshuang Jin on November 6th in Dohnányi Recital Hall (FSU); subsequently performed by Louise Fristensky (soprano) and Jacob Nydegger (piano) on February 5th in Merrill Ellis Intermedia Theater (UNT); performed by Nicole Stellino (mezzo-soprano) and Ian Guthrie (piano) at Central Presbyterian Church (Brantford, ON, Canada) as part of Arcady’s Voices of Summer concert.
Then, after a long hiatus, it was performed again by Dr. Benjamin Shoening (Department Chair of Music and Professor of Music, University of North Georgia) and Ian Guthrie at the Van Clibern Concert Hall on September 21st, 2025.