April and the Sun
Composer:
Jocelyn Hagen
Date Completed:
February 2008
Premiere Date:
May 3, 2008
Premiering Conductor:
Dale Warland
Premiering Ensemble:
Choirs of Note Festival Choir
Premiere Venue:
Southwest Minnesota State University
Audio Sample:
Composer Notes:
Duration:
3'
Language:
English
Choral Voicing:
SATB Divisi:
Soprano (minimal)
Solo requirement (other):
N/A
Text Source:
Sara Teasdale Text:
You took my empty dreams
And filled them every one
With tenderness and nobleness,
April and the sun.
The old empty dreams
Where my thoughts would throng
Are far too full of happiness
To even hold a song.
Oh, the empty dreams were dim
And they were wide,
They were sweet and shadowy houses
Where my thoughts could hide.
But you took my dreams away
And made them all come true
My thoughts have no place now to play,
And nothing now to do.
Significant Seasons or Days:
Marriage
Other
Significant Seasons or Days (other):
Spring Contact for performance materials:
Contact the composer at jocelyn@jocelynhagen.com to purchase the score.
Allow excerpts:
No
Scoring notation:
Standard notation
Score Sample:
