Text: Lawrence Ferlinghetti: from his book, How to Paint Sunlight (New Directions, 2001) (used by permission)
Publisher: Lapis Island Press (SMC)
First Recording: Naxos Records – American Classics
Performing Artists: New York Virtuoso Singers Quartet
(Martha Cluver, soprano
Silvie Jensen, alto
Eric Dudley, tenor
and Steven Hrycelak, bass
Stephen Gosling, piano
Peter Lewis, conductor.)
Released: August 12, 2016
Commissioned: Conspirare, Craig Hella Johnson, conductor; and Sanford Dole Ensemble
Premiered: January 21, 2012, Austin, Texas
San Francisco Premiere: February 4, 2012
(Originally scored for chamber choir and chamber ensemble)
Duration: 16 minutes
