commissioned by the National Association of Teachers of Singing and the Cincinnati Song Initiative, with major support from Lori Laitman

text by Miho Kinnas

for soprano and piano

I wanted to love you
without regrets, without sorrow.
Flowers will return, its color
deeper blue
but you are not here anymore.
I didn’t know your kindness until
hydrangea swayed in the rain.

Kaylyn Taylor, soprano
Mary Elizabeth Nerren, piano

Digital première [linked here]