In 2003 I composed a work for solo cello, Thinking of Lady Yang at Midnight, inspired by a wonderfully evocative 900-year-old Korean  poem of the same name. The expressive depth and subtle language       of that ancient poem reverberated within me long after the cello piece was finished, prompting this attempt to create another musical metaphor of "one who was too beautiful."

Waiting, again, for Lady Yang takes us one step beyond the actual narrative of the poem, imagining an assignation between our solitary narrator and the elusive Lady Yang. Here we find touches of impatience and irritation intruding into the lovers' dialogue. Finally, however, they disappear together into the midnight shadows.