Hadrian's Ode To His Soul for baritone and timpani (2016) by Tyler Versluis

Tyler Versluis: DMA Recital of Works
Walter Hall, University of Toronto
October 30th, 2016

Jesse Clark, baritone
Evan Bowen, timpani

Animula, vagula, blandula
Hospes comesque corporis
Quae nunc abibis in loca
Pallidula, rigida, nudula,
Nec, ut soles, dabis iocos.

(Little soul, you charming little wanderer, my body’s guest and partner,
Where are you off to now?
Somewhere without colour, savage and bare;
Never again to share a joke.)