Janet Metzger: Listen
Skylark
(from SO MANY STARS)
2004
"And in your lonely flight, haven’t you heard the music of the night?
Wonderful music! Faint as a will-o’-the-wisp, crazy as a loon, sad as a gypsy serenading the moon."
How many different interpretations have you heard of your favorite song? This one begins with a spare and haunting bass and vocal duet, later joined by soft guitar. Then the clarinet begins its flight....