Work
No Other Heaven
for tenor and piano
About
In 1995 a volume of New Zealand love poetry was published under the title My Heart Goes Swimming. Instead of using one of the more conventional orderings of the poems, the editors arranged the poems chronologically according to when they believed the poets had written them. My selection of poems retained this organisation, although during composition of the cycle I substituted my original choice for the final poem with Robin Hyde's Road's End. The poets represented in the cycle are A.R.D. Fairburn, Mary Stanley, Brian Turner, Denis Glover and Robin Hyde.
This version was created in 2013 for The Committee's 'Shorts and Suites' concert.
Contents note
- When She Speaks
- Love By Candlelight
- Like Lamplight
- Brightness
- Road's End
Text note
Texts by A.R.D. Fairburn; Mary Stanley; Brian Turner; Denis Glover; and Robin Hyde