LIGHT VERSE
2002
for voice and piano
dedicated to Joseph Kaiser
duration: ca. 9 minutes
Light Verse sets seven poems by John Updike
The work was commissioned by Joseph Kaiser, and debuted at Weill Recital Hall, Carnegie Hall.
I. Why the Telephone Wires Dip and the Poles are Cracked and Crooked
II. Sunday Rain
III. Recital
IV. Shipbored
V. Courtesy Call
VI. Déjà, Indeed
VII. V. B. Nimble, V. B. Quick