Two Haikus
2024 
Settings of two haikus by Matsuo Bashō

  1. うき我をさびしがらせよかんこ鳥
  2. 東にしあはれさひとつ秋の風

The first one is about a cuckoo, the second is about the wind.

Commissioned by Feargal Mostyn-Williams for his “Songs of Miura Anjin” programme

Vocal

countertenor, piano

4’

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