Emotions: Songs for Tami

Emotions: Songs for Tami were written to depict four general emotional statuses of dating relationships: Thankfulness,Anger, Manquer and Love. I. Thankfulness Lonely and broken was I. ‘Til I found you, I was alone. God has blessed me with someone Who loves me, who loves me so! Lord, thank you for given me someone! Oh, I thank you Lord for my given me my dream, my soul mate! II. Anger I want you to know you get on my nerves. You aggravate me to the highest degree. Don't call, no hugs, I wish not to see you right now! On Saturday, I won't be with you! Just go alone, I'll find something to do! I'm mad. My heart is cold! Go away! III. Manquer (to miss) I miss you. Where are you? I want you in my arms. I miss you. I've called you! I just want to say you're loved! The sun has set, the moon does shine and I have not seen your face! I sit alone. I eat alone. Why haven't I seen your face! Let there not be another twenty-four hours my eyes are not set on yours! I want to show you how much you are loved! I miss you my darling. I wish to be where you are! IV. Love I want to say how much you mean to me. I want to say how much I love you so. No one else has mean so much to me. You are the one that I’ve been praying for. When I first saw you in the morning sun, I knew right then you were the one to make all my dreams come true every night, every day! My heart melts when my eyes are upon yours. I want to say you are my fantasy! I Love you! ---Chad “Sir Wick” Hughes

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Emotions: Songs for Tami

I saw a score I believe only for one of the songs. My only concern is balance - with all the winds and brass coming in forte aren't you going to overtax the singer? I like the simplicity of it - the score reminds me of Kindertotenlieder - but even in that score Mahler uses less than you do.

Have you tried this out with live performers?