The Galaxy
DURATION
3’10”
INSTRUMENTATION
SATB (div.) a cappella
POET
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
COMMISSIONER
Boston Choral Ensemble
YEAR COMPOSED
2016
THIS IS A MOVEMENT FROM:
Celestial Canticles
ORDERING SCORES
This work is published as a digital score with a performance license. The pricing is based on the number of singers in a choir:
3’10”
INSTRUMENTATION
SATB (div.) a cappella
POET
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
COMMISSIONER
Boston Choral Ensemble
YEAR COMPOSED
2016
THIS IS A MOVEMENT FROM:
Celestial Canticles
ORDERING SCORES
This work is published as a digital score with a performance license. The pricing is based on the number of singers in a choir:
- $50: up to 20 singers
- $100: 21-50 singers
- $150: 51-79 singers
- $200: 80+ singers
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PERUSAL SCORE
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TEXT
Torrent of light and river of the air,
Along whose bed the glimmering stars are seen
Like gold and silver sands in some ravine
Where mountain streams have left their channels bare!
The Spaniard sees in thee the pathway, where
His patron saint descended in the sheen
Of his celestial armor on serene
And quiet nights, when all the heavens were fair.
Not this I see, nor yet the ancient fable
Of Phaeton's wild course, that scorched the skies
Where'er the hoofs of his hot coursers trod;
But the white drift of worlds o'er chasms of sable,
The star dust, that is whirled aloft and flies
From the invisible chariot-wheels of God.
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TEXT
Torrent of light and river of the air,
Along whose bed the glimmering stars are seen
Like gold and silver sands in some ravine
Where mountain streams have left their channels bare!
The Spaniard sees in thee the pathway, where
His patron saint descended in the sheen
Of his celestial armor on serene
And quiet nights, when all the heavens were fair.
Not this I see, nor yet the ancient fable
Of Phaeton's wild course, that scorched the skies
Where'er the hoofs of his hot coursers trod;
But the white drift of worlds o'er chasms of sable,
The star dust, that is whirled aloft and flies
From the invisible chariot-wheels of God.
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HELIOS • 4’30” • 2 tpts/flugelhorns, hn, tbn, tba
AUDIO
Gaudete Brass Quintet
YEAR COMPOSED
2011
COMMISSIONER
Gaudete Brass Quintet
ORDERING SCORES
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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.