Obituary - John Summers

"How different are the
threadbare lines of John Summers’s Obituary, a setting of the remarkable
poetry of Dilys Rose for four sopranos (Jackie Stevens, Erin Keesy, Hayley
Fox, and Kathryn Albertson). This is no interlude, but a fantastically
inventive response to poetry, including what sounds like a reference to
hocketing. It’s a phenomenally difficult piece to perform accurately, I
imagine, and fragilely beautiful here."