Sonnet No. 61
Composer:
Norman Matthews
Date Completed:
December 2009
Premiere Date:
February 19, 2011
Premiering Conductor:
Philip Brunelle
Premiering Ensemble:
VocalEssence
Premiere Venue:
Sundin Music Hall, St. Paul, MN
Audio Sample:
Duration:
4' 12"
Language:
English
Choral Voicing:
SATB Divisi:
Soprano (throughout)
Alto (throughout)
Tenor (throughout)
Bass (throughout)
Solo requirement:
N/A
Text Source:
William Shakespeare Text:
Is it thy will thy image should keep open
My heavy eyelids to the weary night?
Dost thou desire my slumbers should be broken,
While shadows, like to thee, do mock my sight?
Is it thy spirit that thou send’st from thee
So far from home, into my deeds to pry;
To find out shames and idle hours in me,
The scope and tenor of thy jealousy?
O no! thy love, though much, is not so great;
It is my love that keeps mine eye awake;
Mine own true love that doth my rest defeat,
To play the watchman ever for thy sake:
For thee watch I, whilst thou dost wake elsewhere,
From me far off, with others all-too-near.
Significant Seasons or Days:
N/A
Keyboard accompaniment:
Piano
Instrumental Ensemble:
Obbligato instruments
Instruments:
Oboe Contact for performance materials:
through website: www.normanmathews.com
or email
eburypress@earthlink.net
Allow excerpts:
No
Scoring notation:
Standard notation
Score Sample:
Difficulty Level:
4