At Night
AUDIO
Performed by Julia Bentley, mezzo-soprano, and Kuang-Hao Huang, piano
DURATION
5'
POET
Sara Teasdale
INSTRUMENTATION
Voice with piano
YEAR COMPOSED
2010
ORDERING SCORES
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TEXT
We are apart; the city grows quiet between us,
She hushes herself, for midnight makes heavy her eyes,
The tangle of traffic is ended, the cars are empty,
Five streets divide us, and on them the moonlight lies.
Oh are you asleep, or lying awake, my lover?
Open your dreams to my love and your heart to my words,
I send you my thoughts—the air between us is laden,
My thoughts fly in at your window, a flock of wild birds.
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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
Theodore Presser Company
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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.