soprano and harp
O cool is the valley now
And there, love, will we go
For many a choir is singing now
Where Love did sometime go.
And hear not the thrushes calling,
Calling us away?
O cool and pleasant is the valley
And there, love, will we stay.
(James Joyce, Chamber Music, poem XVI)
dedicated to Lisa Ollivier and Lauriehanh Nguyen
Recording of the revised version by Vivien Illion and Kalen Smith, Montreal
