Cloths of Heaven
AUDIO
International Orange Chorale of San Francisco
Zane Fiala, Artistic Director
DURATION
2’45”
INSTRUMENTATION
SATB (div.) a cappella
POET
W. B. Yeats
YEAR COMPOSED
2016
COMMISSIONER
Boston Choral Ensemble
THIS IS A MOVEMENT FROM:
Celestial Canticles
ORDERING SCORES
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PERUSAL SCORE
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TEXT
Had I the heavens' embroidered cloths,
Enwrought with golden and silver light,
The blue and the dim and the dark cloths
Of night and light and the half-light,
I would spread the cloths under your feet:
But I, being poor, have only my dreams;
I have spread my dreams under your feet;
Tread softly because you tread on my dreams.
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HELIOS • 4’30” • 2 tpts/flugelhorns, hn, tbn, tba
PROGRAM NOTES
In Greek mythology, Helios was the god of the sun. His head wreathed in light, he daily drove a chariot drawn by four horses (in some tales, the horses are winged; in others, they are made of fire) across the sky. At the end of each day’s journey, he slept in a golden boat that carried him on the Okeanos River (a fresh water stream that encircled the flat earth) back to his rising place. The cyclic journey of Helios is depicted in this short work for brass quintet. The first half is fast-paced and very energetic, while the second half is slow and serene, representing day and night.
-S.G.