UCLA Music Library

Composed in 2022 on text by Jonathan Herring, this piece is for soprano and piano.

Longing is a love song, based on a poem written by the composer’s husband to her before they married. Jonathan was living in England, the composer was in the States, and he wrote her letters daily, often including a poem. At the time the poem was written, the future was uncertain, hence the ending of the introduction, and later the piece, with a question, depicted with repeated notes.