MELIA WATRAS: DAHLIA
for violin and viola or for two violas (2019)

Photo by Michelle Smith-Lewis

Photo by Michelle Smith-Lewis

World Premiere: Michael Jinsoo Lim, violin; Melia Watras, viola; February 15, 2022, Seattle, WA

Duration: 3:30

Program Notes:
Dahlia
poem by Michael Jinsoo Lim

Moving still,
Purple water sound
Lighting queens
Around a heaving heart, surround.

© 2019 by Michael Jinsoo Lim

Dahlia is part of the collection, The almond tree duos. It can be performed independently, in different combinations with the other works, or as part of the complete set.