DESCRIPTION:
WORLD PREMIER PERFORMANCE
Music by Zhou Juan
Text by Jon Kern

Ian Howell - Countertenor
Gabriel Dobner - Piano

"Fate Makes a Choice: Fate's Aria"

Love!
Love!
Love!
These humans are always asking for Love, Love, Love.
Demanding More, Begging for Love, Love, Love.
Dying for, Killing for, Needing, Needing, Needing, Needing...

The Fate of love am I,
Respected, and feared.
A god above mortals,
Deciding destiny,
I'm known by my work,
You are blind to me.
Your most treasured moments,
Assumed as accidents.

Humans feel the flush,
The rush of blood,
The heat of what is new.
I'm cold and professional!
I'm cold, I'm cold, I'm cold.

Uncaring are the lovers for the Fate who has united them.
Uncared for, Who will play Fate for me?
Who will play Fate for me?

Worn down by this weary job,
Carried out alone.
My life feeling empty,
Fulfilling others, feeling empty.

Before there can be lovers, there must be,
Strangers...

Recorded live at the 2010 Staunton Music Festival
Staunton, Virginia
Carsten Schmidt, Artistic Director

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