Michael James Oberhauser

art song for mezzo-soprano and piano

Poem by Gerard Manley Hopkins

Duration: 1:00

This song was written as part of a text-setting exercise while I was at Catholic University. Unlike most of my music, this was written almost completely away from my keyboard and computer. The song’s text is ambiguous: the speaker has desired these things, but we never know if she got them. I try to be just as vague and unfinished: a passing thought.

Cardinal Composers' Society Fall Concert - 6 November, 2008 - Ward Recital Hall - The Catholic University of America
Monica Szabo, mezzo-soprano. Roc Lee, piano.

New Inspirations recital - 28 July, 2011 - Calvary Baptist Church - Washington, DC
Erica Haman, mezzo-soprano. Kayme Henkel, piano.