Those Flowers Were Sweet When
I Pressed Them (2024-6)
Piano Quintet: 2 Violins, Viola, Cello, Piano
Commissioned by Ensemble Ipse
Duration: 22 minutes
Program Note
When I was a boy
I kept a book
to which, from time
to time,
I added pressed flowers
until, after a time,
I had a good collection.
.....
I bring you,
reawakened,
a memory of those flowers.
They were sweet
when I pressed them
and retained
something of their sweetness
a long time.
- William Carlos Williams
from 'Asphodel, That Greeny Flower'
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