“Love’s Philosophy” was written for my then girlfriend Hannah. I presented a bound copy of the score plus a recording and video I made on a laser engraved wooden USB stick to her as her birthday present.

This Romantic (in both senses of the word) poem describes the natural world mixing with itself and suggests this as a template for the poet and their beloved. It is relatively simplistic and undescriptive for a Romantic poem leading to a feeling of innocence and naivety.

If everything in nature 'clasps' freely, and if the elements around 'mix' with one another so readily, even obeying the command of God, then turning down the poet's request for a kiss is like disagreeing with the laws of nature and God, isn't it?

The music tries to capture the lushness of nature in the string writing with wide voicings giving a feeling of grandeur and awe. The vocal part has a narrow tessitura, all relatively high in the range as if the singer is pleading with his lover.