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Power Surge

HARRIETLEHRE for orchestra

Performed on December 9, 2021 by the Yale Philharmonia
Ryan Tani, Conductor
© 2021 Harriet Steinke

Album art features original prints by Muriel Steinke / www.murielsteinke.com

Harrietlehre for Orchestra

one

Not by the sun’s arithmetic
or my own
can I make the days
go fast enough.
Yet there are those
who beg God daily
for an extra hour.
I wish for them no solitude,
no time apart from what they love,
and let them have their extra hour.



two

In becoming part of someone else
    you lose yourself
          and
that’s the very least that happens.
Lucky are the ones who gain a language
or stumble on a system not yet tried
while they’re giving up
what little independence
there is left in life.



three

What I’ve gained
from being with you
(besides a belly
and a deeper beard),
I couldn’t say –
but any need for knowing
anyone but you
    is what I’ve lost.

Caught in the Quiet: one

Raymonde, ou l'évasion verticale

Raymonde (générique de Fin)

Epitaph,(2019)
Text: Seiklos Epitaph, trans. Kalcheim

As long as you live, Shine!
Do not grieve at all. 
Life is but for a short while;
Time demands your end.

Alison Kaufman, soprano
Grant Mack, Piano

University of Oregon School of Music and Dance
October, 2019

Epitaph (art song -- 2019)

TOO BRIGHT TO SEE for string quartet

Live Performance on November 6, 2020

Performed by the Omer Quaret
Mason Yu, violin 
Erica Tursi, violin
Jinsun Hong, viola
Alex Cox, cello

© 2020 Harriet Steinke

too bright to see (Live Performance)

Marlen Nahas — Luz
Katerina Burton — Jenny
Sam Weiser — Ésteban/Gary
Conducted by David Neely

Read at the 2021 Washington National Opera American Opera Initiative Workshop, April

Las Auténticas

Dakota Corbliss — Horn
Matt Castner — Saxophone

Outdoor Warnings

as winged branches adrift, apart (2020)

premiered in Tokyo, Japan, July 2020
Thomas Piercy, clarinet
Schoichiro Tanaka, piano

Written for Tokyo to New York's "Moments in this Time" benefit concert for musicians affected by the 2020 pandemic. 

Program note:
As its title suggests, winged branches aims to give rise to deeply rooted material while it reaches further into a parallel universe. A sense of hopeful longing accompanied the writing of this piece and is reflected in imploring gestures and ambiguous harmonies.

as winged branches adrift, apart (lofi)

Stick Together

John Albert Harris is a composer, producer, and creator of cinematic graphic novels. He is based in New York City.