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"Winking Waking Wishes Wail" is a pensive and sometimes dark art song for soprano and piano. The text is by Susan Jordan, who was the composer's late aunt. The poem's text deals with the struggle between reason and dreams. It explores the relationship and interaction between the conscious and subconscious world. The music alternates between dreamy (and perhaps whimsical) and darker, brooding sections. This piece calls for exquisite dynamic control and subtle, expressive tempo alterations.

This song is perfect for a recital or chamber concert.

Text:

Winking waking wishes wail Across the effervescent realm And reach reason

Where there is one sight ahead Where dreams are dead And fantasies of any hue Do not exist Nor nothing new But reason

Struggling to gain control The weight of conflict Takes its toll In repetition of the role

Caught by fingers reaching out Beyond the pull of time Back to the illusion Of living and of rhyme

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