To See a World (2013)
Instrumentation: mezzo-soprano, piano, cello
Duration: 3 minutes
Duration: 3 minutes
Program Note:
The full text of William Blake’s Auguries of Innocence from the Pickering Manuscript runs over a hundred lines long. Only the first four lines of the poem are set here. In contrast to the seriousness of the poem, a swaying, jazz-waltz accompaniment in the piano is used to support the voice.
Text:
from Auguries of Innocence
By Willam Blake
To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour
The full text of William Blake’s Auguries of Innocence from the Pickering Manuscript runs over a hundred lines long. Only the first four lines of the poem are set here. In contrast to the seriousness of the poem, a swaying, jazz-waltz accompaniment in the piano is used to support the voice.
Text:
from Auguries of Innocence
By Willam Blake
To see a World in a Grain of Sand
And a Heaven in a Wild Flower
Hold Infinity in the palm of your hand
And Eternity in an hour