Dylan DelGiudice- Subway Wind (2018 Columbia Undergraduate Composition)

Far down, down through the city’s great gaunt gut The gray train rushing bears the weary wind; In the packed cars the fans the crowd’s breath cut, Leaving the sick and heavy air behind. And pale-cheeked children seek the upper door To give their summer jackets to the breeze; Their laugh is swallowed in the deafening roar Of captive wind that moans for fields and seas; Seas cooling warm where native schooners drift Through sleepy waters, while gulls wheel and sweep, Waiting for windy waves the keels to lift Lightly among the islands of the deep; Islands of lofty palm trees blooming white That led their perfume to the tropic sea, Where fields lie idle in the dew-drenched night, And the Trades float above them fresh and free. -Claude McKay 12/9/18 Performed by Joshua Rubin: Bass Clarinet Lizzie Burns: Double Bass Sharon Harms: Soprano Voice Thank you George Lewis, Ashkan Behzadi and Sam Yulsman

Added 20 Apr 2026