• Premiere: May 12, 2012 / Nantucket, Massachusetts / Jennifer Rizzo, soprano and  Kevin Hayden, tenor

• Instrumentation: Soprano solo, Tenor solo & Keyboard 

• Duration: 3:00'

• Text: Song of Solomon 8:6-7 KJV

Program Note

Commissioned by Jennifer Rizzo and Kevin Hayden in celebration of the marriage of Lauren and Michael Jordan.  Duple and triple rhythms mingle intimately while the soprano and tenor lines soar in this elegant setting of the Song of Solomon - Set me as a seal upon your heart, upon your arm, for love is strong as death.