Double SATB choir (Mixed
choirs (SATB) (2)) -
Level 4
SKU:
BA.BA08525
Composed
by Marten Jansson.
Stapled. Choral score. 31
pages. Baerenreiter
Verlag #BA08525_00.
Published by Baerenreiter
Verlag (BA.BA08525).
ISBN 9790006566037. 27
x 19 cm inches. Text
Language: English. Text:
Silvestri, Charles
Anthony.
â??Tonigh
t I Dance Aloneâ? for
double choir a cappella
consists of three
poignant episodes from
the life of an old man.
We encounter him before
his wedding, before
celebrating his wedding
anniversary and now as an
elderly widower who says
to his
grandson:
â??Soon
we will dance in the
God-light,
My love
and I.
Soon will the
moon be ours again,
And the endless
shining stars
In the
halls of heaven.
Soon, my love, very
soon;
But tonight,
one last time,
Tonight I dance
alone.â?
The
libretto and the
descriptive music are
deeply moving and
constitute an ideal
partnership. This is
MÃ¥rten Jansson's first
collaboration with the
well-known librettist
Charles Anthony
Silvestri. The piece
provides a well-worth
challenge for ambitious
choirs.
It was
world-premiered by the
Saint Louis Chamber
Chorus under the baton of
Philip Barnes on 1
October 2017 in Saint
Louis, MO
(USA)
The
performance can be viewed
on YouTube