Girlfriends (2017)

for soprano and piano

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Poetry by Sappho, translated by John Myers O’Hara

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Duration: ca. 17'

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Premiere: Mengtao Zhou Graduate Diploma Recital ::: May 2017 ::: Boston, MA

                  Mengtao Zhou, soprano

                  Michael Strauss, piano

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Note

Writing about several of her favorite female companions, Girlfriends relays the different relations and impassioned complexities that bound these women together, ranging from sensual bliss to anxious codependency. Despite her diverse sentiments, they are all centered around the emotional anchor of love.

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