thoughts from a cat by Roger C. Vogel

“thoughts from a cat” for voice, flute, and oboe (or chromatic harmonica) by Roger C. Vogel. (A clarinet/soprano sax part is included as an alternative to the harmonica.) This work was written in 2019 for Ellen Ritchey and Lisa Hanson Bartholow. The poems for the seven short songs were selected from “Darling, I Love You” by poet Daniel Ladinsky and Mutts cartoonist Patrick McDonnell. They are a celebration of the sweet and essential places that animals hold in our lives and in our hearts. (10’) Grade IV-V.