Polarity Op. 43, No. 2 by George N. Gianopoulos
An LA based composer, George's art song deals with the profound polarity of the contemporary American experience through poetry of Claude McKay.
Polarity by George N. Gianopoulos
Commissioners: Ronald & Sylvia Hartman
Baritone: Cedric Berry
Piano: Stephen Karr
Text: Claude McKay
A/V Editing: Stephen Karr
Text:
Nay, why reproach each other, be unkind,
For there's no plane on which we two may meet
Let's both forgive, forget, for both were blind,
And life is of a day, and time is fleet.
And I am fire, swift to flame and burn,
Melting with elements high overhead,
While you are water in an earthly urn,
All pure, but heavy, and of hue like lead.
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