I Saw Two Clouds at Morning

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Composer: 
Jocelyn Hagen
Date Completed: 
May 2006
Premiere Date: 
November 15, 2006
Premiering Conductor: 
Matthew Culloton
Premiering Ensemble: 
Masters Choir
Premiere Venue: 
First Lutheran Church, Minneapolis
Audio Sample: 
audio/mpeg iconI Saw Two Clouds at Morning
Composer Notes: 

This is a wonderful piece for an accomplished a cappella mixed choir capable of divisi. It has only received one performance, and I am really hoping it gets performed more. I'd be happy to work with the choir and attend any performances, if possible.

Duration: 
3'45"
Language: 
English
Choral Voicing: 
SATB
Divisi: 
Soprano (minimal)
Alto (minimal)
Tenor (minimal)
Bass (minimal)
Solo requirement: 
N/A
Text Source: 
John Gardiner Brainard
Text: 

I saw two clouds at morning,
    Tinged with the rising sun,
And in the dawn they floated on,
    And mingled into one;
I thought that morning cloud was blest,
It moved so sweetly to the west.

I saw two summer currents
    Flow smoothly to their meeting,
And join their course, with silent force,
    In peace each other greeting:
Calm was their course through banks of green,
While dimpling eddies played between.

Such be your gentle motion,
    Till life’s last pulse shall beat;
Like summer’s beam, and summer’s stream,
    Float on, in joy, to meet
A calmer sea, where storms shall cease—
    A purer sky, where all is peace.
 

Significant Seasons or Days: 
N/A
Keyboard accompaniment: 
N/A
Instruments: 
N/A
Contact for performance materials: 

To order scores, contact the composer at jocelyn@jocelynhagen.com.

Scoring notation: 
Standard notation
Score Sample: 
application/pdf iconI Saw Two Clouds at Morning (excerpt)
Difficulty Level: 
4