1918
Stan Grill
About this work:
Living through the COVID-19 pandemic, my thoughts often turn to 1918. A century later and people remain the same – and learn so little from the past. As the death toll soared, I searched for poetry for times such as these, and came across a poem by Ellen Bryant Voigt that grabbed my attention with its first line: “thought at first grief had brought him down.” Moved by the poem, I soon learned that this was but one poem of many from a volume of poems, published back in 1995, portraying life during those years when so many died, yet which seemed strangely lost to our collective memory.
Year composed: 2019
Duration: 00:20:00
Ensemble type: Voice, Solo or With Chamber or Jazz Ensemble:Voice with Chamber/Jazz Ensemble, 2-5 Players
Instrumentation: 1 Violin, 2 Viola, 1 Cello, 1 Mezzo-Soprano