Before the Storm • 1998
Poetry by Judyth Walker, Emily Dickinson, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Dorothy Parker
Chamber
For Mezzo, Cello & Piano
World Premiere: April 26, 1998
First Performance: mezzo Zheng Cao, cellist Emil Miland, and pianist Jake Heggie
Old First Church in San Francisco
Duration: 12’
Resources
1. Before the Storm
2. It sounded as if the streets were running
3. What lips my lips have kissed
4. The Thin Edge