CHRISTOPHER LAROSA COMPOSER
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Kite for soprano and cello



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Kite
Poem by Ernest Hilbert
​ 
I ran my kite till it gulled at the sun,
And from the newfound flight it took
Command as much as I, and trained
My arm toward the sky, and strained
The armature of spreaders, spar, and knock.
It threw its silhouette against the sun,
Then bowed blue before a berm of cloud,
And set itself against a greater blue.
It swooped, twisted my wrists, and grew
To be too strong, as nervy as a bird
Of prey, a winged but featherless
Raptor I once held, now spun
Away and unbearable to possess,
A thing apart; though still tethered,
Fatherless, and finally unfathered.
Duration 5′

World Premiere
Rachel Mikol, soprano; Will Rowe, cello
Jacobs School of Music, Bloomington IN
March 22, 2016

Commissioned by
​Sara Wilkins

  • Home
  • Bio
  • Concert Music
    • Large Ensemble >
      • Nights of 1998
      • Monument
      • The Tide Jewels
      • silhouettes
    • Electronic >
      • on revient toujours
      • Scup!
      • hatch
      • Colonizer 1
    • Choral >
      • Out of the Water
      • My Name is Gaia
      • Joshua
      • Jesus Wept
      • Breath
    • Voice >
      • Nights of 1998
      • Kite
      • Spring Giddiness
    • Chamber >
      • Modulations
      • Kite
      • Cayuga
      • Symmetries
    • Solo >
      • on revient toujours
      • Monument
      • Scup!
      • Colonizer 1
      • Falcon 9
      • Passacaglia
  • Film Music Demo Reel
  • Gallery
  • Contact