While the title is French for "Eight Flower Songs," the texts are all in English. The poems' flowers metaphorically evoke fragrance, love and loss, life and death, rebirth and regrowth. This 20-minute song
A 30-minute dramatic song cycle for soprano, baritone, and piano with brilliant and witty texts by Mark Twain, this four-movement work is both whimsical and deeply moving. The narrative expresses the