Anderson on Dickinson

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Talking about his new work, Heaven is Shy of Earth, which blends the text of the mass with a poem by Emily Dickinson, Julian Anderson said a nice thing. Talking about Dickinson, he said, "She's somebody you think of as a friend, she immediately welcomes you into her inner life — that's very unusual. She says, this is how I feel, do you feel the same way?" I couldn't agree more.

Out of sight? What of that?
See the Bird — reach it!
Curve by Curve — Sweep by Sweep —
Round the Steep Air —
Danger! What is that to Her?
Better 'tis to fail — there —
Than debate — here —

Blue is Blue — the World through —
Amber — Amber — Dew — Dew —
Seek — Friend — and see —
Heaven is shy of Earth — that's all —
Bashful Heaven — thy Lovers small —
Hide — too — from thee —

Not only is Heaven worth catching via listen again, but so too is Toshio Hosokawa's Circulating Ocean from Thursday's prom.