MELIA WATRAS: PERLUCERE
for violin and viola or for two violas (2020)

Photo by Michelle Smith-Lewis

Photo by Michelle Smith-Lewis

World Premiere: Tekla Cunningham, violin; Melia Watras, viola; February 15, 2022, Seattle, WA

Duration: 2:45

Program Notes:
Perlucere
poem by Michael Jinsoo Lim

Windows open, shades drawn,
The floating scent of an afternoon faun.
Time skips, then back again,
Surrounded by the blueish dawn.

© 2020 by Michael Jinsoo Lim

Perlucere 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.