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River of Horses

Song cycleMy Hand ForeverA BlessingA Birth; The War God's Horse SongTwo Horses Playing in the Orchard

2006, Revised 2017 | soprano/piano

Poems by Baudelaire, James Wright, James Dickey, and a traditional Navajo poem. The cycle is approximately 10 minutes long.

Commissioned by Jean del Santo, University of Minnesota.

Premiere recording of this cycle, with soprano Jennifer Check and pianist Warren Jones, is expected to be released December 2019 on the Naxos label.