This piece, along with three others, earned the composer a Grammy for the 2018 Best Classical Compendium. Composer's program note excerpt: Judith G. Wolf's expressive poems take us on a memorable journey through everyday life, thesupport of family and friends, the joy of love, and the pain of grief and loss. I was moved by her work to compose Poems of Life, an orchestral song cycle that sets to music twelve poems from Wolf'_x001A_s most recent volume of poetry,Otherwise. The poems weave a narrative of eternal love, the pain of loss through death, emotional transformation through grief, and spiritual enlightenment. Prologue 1. Ethereal 2. Time Slips Away, Movement 1: 3. Gary Died 4. JustLike That 5. Watching for Death 6. Face, Movement 2: 7. Sisters 8. Forever Gone 9. The Retreat, Movement 3: 10. The Dream, Epilogue 11. Conversation 12. Epiphany. Orchestra accompaniment rental item, soli/ piano score, andindividual cello part are all available separately from the publisher.
| Genres | Concert |
| Format | Score |
| NumberOfPages | 94 |
| Media | Sheet Music |
| Publisher | Edward B. Marks Music Company |
| Contributors | Fuchs, Kenneth(Composer) |
| ISBN | 9781581067200 |
| UPC | 888680988418 |