MELIA WATRAS: DEAR NIGHTINGALE
for violin and viola or for two violas (2020)
Photo by Michelle Smith-Lewis
World Premiere: Tekla Cunningham, violin; Melia Watras, viola; February 15, 2022, Seattle, WA
Duration: 5:00
Program Notes:
Dear Nightingale
poem by Michael Jinsoo Lim
When a song falls on a stage
And no one is in the crowd…
Words on a page,
Voices loud, held proud.
© 2021 by Michael Jinsoo Lim
Dear Nightingale 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.