Choral Horn, Piano, alto, soprano 1, soprano 2 SKU: CF.CM9775 Composed by...(+)
Choral Horn, Piano, alto,
soprano 1, soprano 2
SKU: CF.CM9775
Composed by Jordan R
Tucker. Duration 3
minutes, 40 seconds. Carl
Fischer Music #CM9775.
Published by Carl Fischer
Music (CF.CM9775).
ISBN 9781491164464.
UPC: 680160923366. Key: C
major. English. Psalm
139.
The Night Will
Shine as Day was
commissioned by the
Bedford Junior High
Treble Choir under the
direction of Hannah Ware
in 2022. Composed with a
spirit of perseverance
and hopefulness, the text
(paraphrased from Psalm
139) shares a message to
have faith even during
the darkest days, and a
reminder that a light
will always shine through
the darkness if we have
the courage to see
it.Featuring a flowing
piano accompaniment and
lyrical (optional) horn
solo, this piece was
written with an equal
relationship between the
major mode and the minor
mode (as demonstrated by
the alternating piano
harmonies, neither chord
revealing a clear
tonality.) This tonal
obscurity represents the
relationship between dark
and light: a somewhat
codependent relationship
through which the melody
struggles to find
stability. As the
understated chorus
reveals and repeats the
core message of the text,
the melody gains
confidence in its role
among struggle between
light and dark. The piece
concludes with a final
triumph of light over
dark, this time with
harmonic clarity and
hopefulness for the
future.  .
Jordan R. Tucker Music
