For soprano & piano. A song cycle setting of ten English translations of Japanese Haiku that mirror the cycle of life. Also in a version for chamber orchestra.
Coril Prochnow, soprano
Brian Farrell, piano
Parable: A Song Cycle for Soprano and Orchestra (1986)
Leila Deis, Soprano; Hudson Symphony, Gary Schneider, conductor
Ah me, I am the one (1:23)
See, see, see! Oh see (2:29)
White moth, flutter off (1:26)
Rainy month (2:53)
Fever felled Halfway (1:40)
Three lovliest things (3:11)