May 2011 Subscription Concerts

With STRINGS ATTACHED:
SFCA meets The Alexander String Quartet

Winter Light (2011) by Michael Gandolfi (b. 1956)
I. Falling Snow.. p. 1 (4’10”)
II. Opal......... p. 17 (4’50”)

On poems by Amy Lowell

Falling Snow
The snow whispers around me
And my wooden clogs
Leave holes behind me in the snow.
But no one will pass this way
Seeking my footsteps,
And when the temple bell rings again
They will be covered and gone.

Opal
You are ice and fire,
The touch of you burns my hands like snow
You are cold and flame.
You are the crimson of amaryllis,
The silver of moon-touched magnolias.
When I am with you,
My heart is a frozen pond
Gleaming with agitated torches.

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