Three Aphorisms
for soprano and piano
PROGRAM NOTE
Sappho’s poetic fragments and Erin Morley’s incandescent singing inspired these short, ecstatic songs.
TEXT
I.
Standing by my bed
In gold sandals
Dawn that very
moment awoke me
II.
The evening star
Is the most
beautiful
of all stars
III.
Awed by her splendor
Stars near the lovely
moon cover their own
bright faces
when she
is roundest and lights
earth with her silver
- Sappho
translated by Mary Barnard