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Three Songs     I.  II. III.
(total duration 6')
 
 

II. Wild Nights! Wild Nights!

for Solo Soprano, Violin, and Piano

duration 1½'

Composed for: Dora Ohrenstein and Mary Rowell
World Premiere: 1985, Symphony Space, New York

Play Audio Excerpt
Dora Ohrenstein, Soprano; Mary Rowell, Violin;
Elizabeth Wright, Piano
(live recording of World Premiere) (399k mp3)

First Page of Score



 
Text:
 
 
Wild nights! Wild nights!
Were I with thee,
Wild nights should be
Our luxury!

Futile the winds
To a heart in port,
Done with the compass,
Done with the chart.

Rowing in Eden!
Ah! the Sea!
Might I but moor
Tonight in thee!

                            Emily Dickinson