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Thoughts From a Hospital Incarceration is a set for baritone and piano. The pieces hold a loose through line of the thoughts and experiences one might have during an extended hospital stay. William E. Henley, who wrote the poetry of this set was himself hospitalized many times and indeed wrote many poems about his experiences.
I. A Bowl of Roses - (C3-E4)
The experience of something simple or small reminding you of someone you haven’t seen in a while and hoping that this might be a sign they are thinking of you too.
II. With Strawberries - (B2-D4)
Tells the memory of an experience between two lovers and how in their secluded spot ate strawberries and perhaps a bit more.
III. Let Us Be Drunk - (A2-F#4)
Is a chromatic and debaucherous drinking song where the singer encourages us to “forget regret” and “live without reason”. For as they say “What is the use?”, life is merely a net of disappointments.
IV. Apparition - (Bb2-Db4)
Deals with that creature one can spot out of the corner of their eye. That being that hangs over the corner of your bead when you can’t quite turn you head enough to see it. The titular apparition is described in many odd and contradictory ways. What is perhaps most shock, however, is the speakers seeming ardor for it.
V. Discharged - (C3-E4)
Expresses the feeling of freedom when you is finally released from a seeming prison that felt like it would never end. It details all the thing the speaker can see in the world around them - the everyday hustle and bustle - and how wonderful it all is to them; the mundane world outside has become their Elysium.
Thoughts From a Hospital Incarceration is a set for baritone and piano. The pieces hold a loose through line of the thoughts and experiences one might have during an extended hospital stay. William E. Henley, who wrote the poetry of this set was himself hospitalized many times and indeed wrote many poems about his experiences.
I. A Bowl of Roses - (C3-E4)
The experience of something simple or small reminding you of someone you haven’t seen in a while and hoping that this might be a sign they are thinking of you too.
II. With Strawberries - (B2-D4)
Tells the memory of an experience between two lovers and how in their secluded spot ate strawberries and perhaps a bit more.
III. Let Us Be Drunk - (A2-F#4)
Is a chromatic and debaucherous drinking song where the singer encourages us to “forget regret” and “live without reason”. For as they say “What is the use?”, life is merely a net of disappointments.
IV. Apparition - (Bb2-Db4)
Deals with that creature one can spot out of the corner of their eye. That being that hangs over the corner of your bead when you can’t quite turn you head enough to see it. The titular apparition is described in many odd and contradictory ways. What is perhaps most shock, however, is the speakers seeming ardor for it.
V. Discharged - (C3-E4)
Expresses the feeling of freedom when you is finally released from a seeming prison that felt like it would never end. It details all the thing the speaker can see in the world around them - the everyday hustle and bustle - and how wonderful it all is to them; the mundane world outside has become their Elysium.