choir (or vocal quartet) and piano
8 minutes, 45 seconds
2001

Intended to be performed by either vocal quartet or small choir and piano, in retrospect it appears that, though I didn’t know it at the time, this work was a response to the events of September 11, 2001. The text is taken from Tennessee Williams’s A Streetcar Named Desire. The phrase, “flores para los muertos,” is a haunting advertisement—unlooked for, sobering, disquieting.