Songs by Clint Borzoni on texts by Walt Whitman.
The first four songs were written for Tim Hill and the last three were a commission by Randall Turner. Songs 1-4 and 6 were premiered by Tim Hill and Lucy T. Yates on August 3, 2011 in New York City. The recordings below are from a performance Tim and I gave at Elon University on March 5, 2013, in Whitley Auditorium. More information can be found at the project website: www.liveoakgrowing.com.
1. “Not Heat, Flames”
2. “A Live Oak Growing”
3. “What Think You”
4. “A Happy Night”
5. “I Dreamed in a Dream”
6. “Long I Thought”
7. “That Shadow, My Likeness”