MELIA WATRAS: METRO GNOME
for violin and viola or for two violas (2021)
Photo by Michelle Smith-Lewis
World Premiere: Michael Jinsoo Lim, violin; Melia Watras, viola; February 15, 2022, Seattle, WA
Duration: 2:00
Program Notes:
Metro gnome
poem by Michael Jinsoo Lim
There once in France was a gnome,
And all about Paris he did roam.
So weary, his legs,
“To the Metro,” he begs,
To take a train bound for home.
© 2021 by Michael Jinsoo Lim
Metro gnome 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.