Stephen Caldwell skillfully sets Geoffrey Brocks text, taken from his collection, Weighing Light. Accompanied by piano, the music is rich in harmonic variety and is presented in a wide dynamic palette, carrying the text with great care and sensitivity, which speaks to a level of personal commitment of the highest kind. Minimal divisi in all parts.

Geoffrey Brock is an American poet and translator. He is the author of three books of poems, the editor of The FSG Book of 20th-Century Italian Poetry, and the translator of various books of poetry, prose, and comics, mostly from Italian. His poems have appeared in journals including Poetry magazine, Paris Review, Copper Nickel, Yale Review, and Best American Poetry. His awards include fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation, the Cullman Center for Scholars and Writers, the National Endowment for the Arts, and the Academy of American Poets.