Quasi Rosa
Soprano and organ (2006)
This work for composed for the Three Sopranos concert at Trinity Church in Wilmette, IL. It takes a simple, chant-like melodic fragments and transform them throughout the movement. The form is built on the interplay of melismatic some improvisatory gestures.
Quasi Rosa is dedicated and performed here by Julia Davids.
Quasi rosa plantata super rivos aquarum fructificate:
quasi libanus odorem suavitatis habete:
florete, flores,
quasi lilium,
et dateodorem,
et frondete in oratiam,
et collaudate canticum,
et benedicite Dominum in operibus suis.
Biblia Sacra Vulgata, Ecclesiasticus 39, 17-19
Bud forth as the rose planted by the brooks of water.
Give ye a sweet odor as frankincense
Send forth flowers,
as the lily,
and yield a smell,
and bring forth leaves in grace,
and praise with canticles,
and bless the Lord in his works.
The Vulgate Bible, Ecclesiasticus 39, 17-19
