Remember
• written for High Voice and Piano; 5' 00"
• written for High Voice and Piano; 5' 00"
Remember takes its title from the poem of the same name by Christina Rossetti. This text has been set by other composers to create subdued and bright songs of memoriam, but this setting is inspired by the composer's time teaching in a city where emotions are always heightened and tomorrow can often be hard to imagine. This setting is meant to be heavy and full of love and pain in equal parts, centering on the desire to be remembered following death, but also on the desire to not leave someone alone and living in sadness. Small tweaks have been made to the poem to slightly modernize the language and to make the relationship between the speaker and the addressee more vague for interpretation. ("Our future" becomes "your future," to allow for an interpretation that isn't strictly romantic.)
Remember by Christina Rossetti is in the Public Domain.
Carolyn Anderson sings Remember, accompanied by Chad Spears on piano for Connor's concert "Silhouettes."
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Video Above: Remember starts at 53:25!
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Performances
Premiere: Carolyn Anderson (soprano) and Chad Spears (piano)
Bowling Green, OH, May 2, 2021
Premiere: Carolyn Anderson (soprano) and Chad Spears (piano)
Bowling Green, OH, May 2, 2021