All In The Sound, 2 Songs for Soprano and Piano (2017): I. The Shadow
Music by Peter Dayton, Text by William Carlos Williams
Katie Procell - Soprano, Valerie Hsu - Piano

This song set was commissioned by soprano Katie Procell for a concert of American songs. Selected by Procell, these two concise poems sum up the nature of Williams's poetry: empathic, mystical descriptions of nature, a concern for the form and substance of poetry, an elevation of everyday objects, and a celebration of human sexuality. All of those aspects are present in these two small poems, a tiny window into Williams's vast world. This work is dedicated with gratitude to Katie.

Published in 2017 by Peter Dayton Music (ASCAP)
''The Shadow'' By William Carlos Williams, from THE COLLECTED POEMS: VOLUME I, 1909-1939, copyright ©1938 by New Directions Publishing Corp. Reprinted by permission of New Directions Publishing Corp.

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