Winter Stars
Composer:
Patrick Rooney
Date Completed:
April 2010
Premiere Date:
June 3, 2011
Premiering Conductor:
Tom Morgan
Premiering Ensemble:
Ars Nova Singers
Premiere Venue:
St. John's Episcopal Church, Boulder, Colorado, USA
Audio Sample:
Audio Sample:
Duration:
4' 32"
Language:
English
Choral Voicing:
SATB Divisi:
Soprano (throughout)
Alto (throughout)
Tenor (throughout)
Bass (throughout)
Solo requirement:
N/A
Text Source:
Sara Teasdale Text:
I went out at night alone;
The young blood flowing beyond the sea
Seemed to have drenched my spirit's wings,
I bore my sorrow heavily.
But when I lifted up my head
From shadows shaken on the snow,
I saw Orion in the east
Burn steadily as long ago.
From windows in my father's house,
Dreaming my dreams on winter nights,
I watched Orion as a girl
Above another city's lights.
Years go, dreams go, and youth goes too;
The world's heart breaks beneath its wars,
All things are changed, save in the east,
The faithful beauty of the stars.
Significant Seasons or Days:
N/A
Keyboard accompaniment:
N/A
Instruments:
N/A Contact for performance materials:
E-Mail: prooney526@gmail.com
Allow excerpts:
No
Scoring notation:
Standard notation
Score Sample:
