Encounters

In his book I and Thou, Martin Buber centers on the importance of relationships, establishing connections with one another. This work expresses that philosophy through the text found in Kazuaki Tanahashi's eloquent poem, Encounter. This SATB setting features prominently in Wayland Rogers' original song cycle "I-Thou" written for vocal quartet, commissioned and premiered in 2018 by Fourth Coast Ensemble in Chicago.