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Musical Mind Benders : Musical Quizzical II

Back and Forth on the Ferry

The text by Edna St. Vincent Millay, speaks of a youthful all-night adventure riding the ferry back and forth with no destination in mind. There is much back-and-forth in the musical setting, to a swaying 6/8 meter. Can be sung as part of a larger collection: Passion and Remembrance. Duration: 4:00

Back and Forth on the Ferry

The text by Edna St. Vincent Millay, speaks of a youthful all-night adventure riding the ferry back and forth with no destination in mind. There is much back-and-forth in the musical setting, to a swaying 6/8 meter. Can be sung as part of a larger collection: Passion and Remembrance. Duration: 4:00

Trinity

This lyrical setting combines the texts Trinitie Sunday by George Herbert (1633) with Gloria tibi (Glory to you, O Trinity, all equal, one God). A charming refrain which begins the piece alternates with the Herbert text. Unaccompanied but primarily homophonic, this is a perfect anthem for Trinity Sunday. Duration: 2:30

A Quiet Alleluia

This piece was composed for my close friend Walter Roach. He asked for a piece for his dear wife Debbie, who was in the last months of her life. I composed it with her in mind, and fortunately she got to hear it sung. Musically, it is basically a simple and flowing melodic piece. Compared with some of the more majestic and powerful pieces that have been written on this text, this work is really a quiet meditation and prayer.

Praise Now the Risen Christ

The surprising joy of the Resurrection is conveyed through jubilant fanfares in the accompaniment and a shifting of the rhythm between 3/4 and implied 6/8 meters. As the mood softens, a more melodic section expresses the lyrics, "I know that my Redeemer liveth." After the unaccompanied chorus sings "All glorious Risen Christ" and a brief moment of silence, the piece bursts forth again with fanfares and thicker choral textures that build in excitement to the end. A perfect Easter anthem! Duration: 2:45

Emily! : from New England Musical Settings of the Poems of Emily Dickinson

The poetry of Emily Dickinson (1830-1886) is especially appealing due to the wide range of topics, diversity of mood and peculiar imagination of the poet. The writings are reflective, passionate, witty, sensuous, observant, and ridiculously humorous. Her heart soars. Her mind pokes fun! Emily was truly a New Englander. Her poems are understated and compact. Her love of Nature focuses on small things- birds, bees, meadows and a pond.In creating the musical settings, the composer (herself a New Englander) endeavored to capture the spirit of the poetry, and of the poet, with songs diverse in style, and concise in form. Everything from romance to frogs is explored,briefly.Great delight is taken in creating musical translations of the colorful imagery: the letters floating off on the breeze ("My Letter to the World"): the shimmering moonlight ("The Moon and the Sea"): a frog croaking in a bog ("The Frog in the Bog"): hopeful birds hopping about ("Hope" with Feathers"): the boat of passion riding the waves and then settling into its mooring ("Passion"): the ship's cannon firing in celebration ("Joy"): and the tiniest, lightest gifts of Nature ("All I Have to Bring"). These are the poet's Letters to the World. She lived as a recluse, yet her words took flight-traveling the universe as messengers of the soul. Duration: 14:00