Uploaded November 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
Funeral Blues
Composed by: Benjamin Britten
Poetry By: W.H Auden
Samuel James Dewese, baritone
Florence Mak, piano
Funeral Blues
Composed by: Benjamin Britten
Poetry By: W.H Auden
Samuel James Dewese, baritone
Florence Mak, piano










![many aches (Paul Novak/Parker Scheu)
many aches [subtitles in closed captions; full poem in the description below]
Composer: Paul Novak
Poet: Parker Scheu
Performers: Hailey Cohen, mezzo-soprano; Florence Mak, piano
Commissioned by Lynx Project for the 2022-2023 Amplify Series.
Presented by Classical Music Chicago for the Rush Hour Concerts series
Recorded live at St. James Cathedral, Chicago, IL.
If you are interested in performing this work, please contact Paul Novak at https://www.paulnovakmusic.com/
www.lynxproject.org
Reality
Waves of light beam within
The sound of water dripping
I am here; content
Melting into my bed
Swallow me whole
Water dripping
Light waves beaming
Peace
Let me go
I’m suffocating
It’s too loud
I don’t want to get wet
My lamp is too bright
My front tooth aches
The hairs on my right arm sting
I taste strawberries
Im stuck
This is agony
My senses deceive me
I just want peace.
- Parker Scheu many aches (Paul Novak/Parker Scheu)](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WNP9N6HXb1U/mqdefault.jpg)