Live performance by Andrew Hallam and Calvin Stovall in Cincinnati, OH in June 2025.

ON THE INTERLOCKING OF HANDS (2025)
for baritove voice and piano

TEXT
I wonder 
how it would be here with you,
where the wind 
that has shaken off its dust in low valleys
touches one cleanly, 
as with a new-washed hand, 
and pain
is as the remote hunger of droning things,
and anger 
but a little silence 
sinking into the great silence.

- ALTITUDE by Lola Ridge

Co-commissioned by the National Association of Teachers of Singing, Inc and the Cincinnati Song Initiative. Premiered by Andrew Hallam and Calvin Stovall in Cincinnati, OH in June 2025.

Duration: ca. 6 minutes

PERFORMANCES
Andrew Hallam and Calvin Stovall premieres the remote hunger of droning things in Cincinnati, OH in June 2025.