Mark Andrew Cleveland asked for a piece for a recital at St. Paul's, and
I thought it would be good to use a text from a poet on the faculty, Dan
Hare. It was so much fun recreating the sound of the painting, that I immediately
looked for more first-person artist poems to similarly set. And who could
resist calling a set of songs "artsongs"?
This is a self made demo. (How often do you get to hear a composer sing?)