SKU: CF.CM9764

ISBN 9781491162521. UPC: 680160921270. Key: Eb major. English. Emily Dickinson.

Emily Dickinson's two poems entitled Ending and Dawn provide the ideal backdrop for an experience that begins in darkness and ends in a burst of light and mystery. Meredith Tompkins' interpretation of the two texts centers on the multi-faceted meanings of each poem, exploring themes of lost youth, leaving home, mortality, destiny and hope. Audiences and choirs alike will experience Dickinson's poignant words through haunting melodies, vivid text-painting, dynamic contrast, minimalist soundscapes and melodic layering that gradually builds to intense and thought-provoking conclusions.Ending:That is solemn we have ended, —Be it but a play,Or a glee among the garrets,Or a holiday,Or a leaving home; or later,Parting with a worldWe have understood, for betterStill it be unfurled. Dawn:Not knowing when the dawn will comeI open every door;Or has it feathers like a bird,Or billows like a shore?

SKU: SU.50500091

SATB Chorus, SATB Ensemble, Soprano & Baritone Soli, Orchestra [2 (opt afl) 22 (opt bcl) 2 (opt cbn); 4331; timp, perc; pno/cel; stgs] Duration: 18' 1 ‘Nature’ is what we see (Emily Dickinson); 2 And this delightful Herb (The Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyám, trans. Edward FitzGerald); 3 I robbed the Woods (Emily Dickinson); 4 Experiment (Dorothy Diemer Hendry); 5 And I saw another brightness (The Book of Life’s Merits, How the Earth Preserves Mankind [paraphrased] by Hildegard von Bingen); 6 Harvest Moon–The Mockingbird Sings in the Night (Mary Oliver) Vocal Score: available for sale (#50500090) Full Score & Parts: available on rental Composed: 2002-03 Published by: Seesaw Music.