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Twilight songs for soprano, tenor and violin
RSN:
67930
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Composition Date:
2008
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Revision Date:
N/A
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Duration:
00:10:00
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Programme Notes
Cataloguing Information
Call Number
MV 2103 G349tw
Genre
Two Voices, With Solo Instrument, ?, String(s) Bowed
Material Type
Print-music
Acquisition Date
2013-08-19
Library Collection Publisher / Label
Unpublished, printed by CMC / Inédit, imprimé par le CMC
Movements
1. Burley Coulter's Song 2. I mistook your white head for a flower 3. They 4. In a garden in Vancouver 5. As timely as a river Text by Wendell Berry
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Master Location
Toronto
Language
English
First line of Text
The rug were rolled back to the wall
,
I mistook your white head for a flower
,
I see you down there
,
Early in the morning
,
As timely as a river
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Physical Description
Found 1 record(s)
Available Actions
Extent of Item
1 score (13 p.) ;
Instrumentation
Found 3 record(s)
Available Actions
Set No.
Category
Instrument
Number
45148
Voices
Soprano
1
45148
Voices
Tenor
1
45148
Strings, bowed
Violin
1
Divided
No
Solo
No
Divided
No
Solo
No
Divided
No
Solo
No
Premiere
New York, New York Christ & St. Stephens Church 22 April 2008 New Music New York: Steven Ebel, tenor; Emily Albrink, soprano; Mitchell Johnson, violin
See Also
68840, Twilight songs, AR3126, William George, 00:09:59
In choosing poems for this cycle, I was deeply touched by Berry's depiction of enduring romance in the latter years of life. I decided to create a dialogue between two lovers, remembering their youth, enjoying their years together, loving deeply still even beyond the grave, thus the title Twilight Songs. The love between these two people is unconditional and timeless. The characters have different musical personalities - the tenor's music is folk-like and extroverted, while the soprano's music is freer and more introspective. The poems come from the collection Given, but are taken from different sections to create this relationship. Burley Coulter is a recurring character in the “membership” in the novels of Wendell Berry; he is affable and fun loving, but not without intelligence. This poem refers to a night everyone in the “membership” knows about, but never acknowledges; the eventual result was Danny Branch, a “member” in his own right and Burley and Kate’s son, though they never married and he remained a life-long bachelor. I mistook your white head for a flower and They are two sides of the same coin, perhaps thought to themselves on the same day. A garden in Vancouver is as pure an expression of love as ever was and perfectly captures the mix of joy and sadness a sudden memory can bring. As Timely As A River is a fitting final hymn to this celebration of love. ~ William George
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