Twilight Triptych
Baritone and Piano | 2025
Duration: 10′
$30 (Score)
Program Note
Twilight Triptych is a 3-movement song cycle set to the poignant words of 20th-century Austrian poet Rainer Maria Rilke. Each song reflects a different facet of the Earth’s evocative landscape. The first song, Evening, portrays the quiet descent into darkness, where the fading twilight blurs the boundaries between light and shadow. Autumn is a lilting and wistful song about change and transience. The final song, In April, traces the quiet emergence of potential and renewal after a spring rain.
(From the composer)
Score and Audio
Premiered on April 1, 2026
Cook Recital Hall | Michigan State University College of Music
Performed by Gavin Cagney, voice, Youlim Chung, piano (Live; excerpts)
Year Completed
2025
Instrumentation
Baritone voice and piano
Publisher
Lalonde Press (ASCAP)
Errata
None.
Carlos Lalonde 