Let Us Remember Spring

"Let us Remember Spring" was commissioned by Laura Strickling for her 40@40 Project. With music by Andrea Clearfield, set to poetry by Charlotte Mew ("May, 1915"), the art song was premiered by Laura Strickling, soprano and Laura Ward, piano at the Salon on April 24. 2022. Purchase the score here: blackteamusic....
May, 1915
by Charlotte Mew
Let us remember Spring will come again
To the scorched, blackened woods, where the wounded trees
Wait, with their old wise patience for the heavenly rain,
Sure of the sky: sure of the sea to send its healing breeze,
Sure of the sun. And even as to these
Surely the Spring, when God shall please,
Will come again like a divine surprise
To those who sit to-day with their great Dead, hands in their hands,
eyes in their eyes
At one with Love, at one with Grief: blind to the scattered things and
changing skies.

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So beautiful... I love this so much. Thank you.