Ah Sunflower
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Premiered by: Hollywood Master Chorale, conducted by Lauren Buckley
Venue: Los Angeles, California
Commissioned by: Hollywood Master Chorale
- 2017KHORIKOS ORTUS International New Music CompetitionFinalist
- 2015Vancouver Chamber Choir Contest1st Prize
- Jun 5, 2016Ariose Singers · New Music Works, Avant Garden PartySoquel
- May 21–22, 2016Drew Lewis · Ariose Singers, Songs of Heaven and EarthSanta Cruz · 2 performances
- Apr 16, 2016Drew Lewis · Ariose SingersSanta Cruz
Ah Sunflower takes its text from William Blake’s “Ah Sunflower” from his Songs of Experience. The piece is dedicated to the memory of my khalo (“uncle” in Arabic), Fadi Ishak, who passed away in 2007. Upon reading this poem for the first time, it immediately struck me that I needed to set this to music. Khalo Fadi was always enamored with sunflowers and it would be difficult to find a room in his home that didn’t have at least one! He was the sunflower of my childhood, brightly shining and always smiling.
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