Death Is Nothing at All

“Death is nothing at all. It does not count. I have only slipped away into the next room.” These words from Henry Scott Holland’s famous sermon following the death of King Edward VII in 1910 have resonated through the years, and now resound again in this bold yet supple aria for medium voice and violin by master composer Samuel Adler. At once declamatory and conversational, the music ponders Holland’s weighty but hopeful insights with equal strength and subtlety. For advanced performers.