for Marimba Choir (SATB) - at least two 5 octaves required
Commissioned by and Zachary McCoy
Commissioned by and Zachary McCoy
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Marimba recording coming soon! MIDI marimba rolls just aren't stellar...
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This short chorale is inspired by a poem of the same
name that I wrote earlier the same year: Black. This mountain has never seen Before a night like this. This chill, this terror That Devils surely spawned… ‘Tis always darkest before the Dawn The woods themselves seem frightened Of the grumbling ebony gods of the sky Whose quakes rattle the leaves: bones strewn across the earth Whose queer ashen grey makes brazen tree trunks Prison bars to all lost in their thicket. ‘Tis always darkest before the Dawn but then I looked skyward! What light beyond the mountain breaks? Sol, that slow golden Goliath With an unexpected silent roar, parts away the clouded vapors Like a fiery savior It eradicates the sky Until all that is left is Bright Entwined with the emerald leaves In all their glorious splendor Awakened upon the golden thrones of Trees Oh glorious sight! With morning came salvation For a place strangled by the night Ensnared by its own fear But Light brought back Life Let it do the same in us. |
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