MELIA WATRAS: LONTANO
for violin and viola (2017)
Photo by Melia Watras
World Premiere: Yura Lee, violin; Melia Watras, viola; May 27, 2018, Seattle, WA
Duration: 3:43
Program Notes:
size-mology
poem by Michael Jinsoo Lim
my glasses have no lenses
do they make me look good
is a ruler with no markings
just a flat piece of wood
i can’t tell time
but maybe it can tell me
what happens to
the half that I can’t see
© 2020 by Michael Jinsoo Lim
Lontano is part of the cycle, Firefly Songs. It can be performed independently, in different combinations with the other works, or as part of the complete set.
Violinist Yura Lee and violist Melia Watras perform the world premiere of Melia Watras's Lontano for violin and viola (2017). Recorded live at Meany Theater, University of Washington, Seattle, WA on May 27, 2018. Videography by Jerry Morrison.