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.