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Perhaps it would have been better if I\u2019d just admitted to myself (and the world) that I\u2019d be taking the summer off from In the Hands. But where\u2019s the fun without the suspense?

Here\u2019s what I currently have in the pipeline (not necessarily in this order):

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• Some newly composed pieces of my own.
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• A new recording of at least some part of The Broken Mirror of Memory, my bass clarinet / piano work.
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• A fine new recording from Don Betts.
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• The remaining remasterings of my older recordings.
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\u2026And that\u2019s my autumn of music pretty well booked up right there.

First, however, is the last of the three songs by Todd that Kim and I recorded last spring. This one is a setting of a poem by local poet John Minczeski, Questions, which\xa0sits somewhere between Zen koan and children\u2019s book. It is a single poem, but Todd has split it into four separate little songs, zooming in on each each question and giving it its own character. I think they\u2019re quite marvelous. It\u2019s a wonderful way to read a poem \u2014 as the Internet makes us more accustomed to reading text fast, the music makes it possible to slow down and give each line of the poem its own space and weight.

\n\n\n\n\n\nTodd Harper\n\n\n\n\u25b6\ufe0f\nQuestions\n\n\nKim Sueoka, soprano\n\nJohn Minczeski, poetry\n\nPaul Cantrell, piano\n\n\n\n\n\n\u2b07\ufe0f\nDownload\n\n\n(2:19 / 3.3 M)\n\n\n\n

This is the last of Todd\u2019s songs Kim and I have recorded together; it\u2019s back to solo piano in the next episode. Be sure to also check out Northwoods Police Report and First Autumn Night if you haven\u2019t already!