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From Dusk to Starry Night

for mezzo-soprano and chamber orchestra
Texts by Walt Whitman, Amy Lowell and Stephen Foster
mezzo-soprano and chamber orchestra
Edition: Performance material

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From Dusk to Starry Night takes as its theme the many meanings and characteristics of 'night'. The work contains four songs, each one with its own contrasting character. The first song, The night in silence, contains texts of Walt Whitman, references the clear starry night and, in the middle section, the rising moon. The second song is a fast moving scherzo of sorts, from a poem of Amy Lowell, referencing fireflies at midnight. The third song, also from Whitman, alludes to the sounds of war, beating drums and bugles. Though it does not directly refer to night, I thought of this as a kind of apocalyptic nighttime battle scene, full of calamity and intensity. The last song uses the text of a Stephen Foster song, Slumber My Darling. Though its lullaby characteristics remain, the melody and setting is very different. Pierre Jalbert

Orchestral Cast

2.2.2.2-2.2.1.0-2perc-hp.pno-str(6.5.4.3.2)

Content

I The night in silence (Walt Whitman)
II July Midnight (Amy Lowell)
III Beat! Beat! Drums! (Walt Whitman)
IV Slumber My Darling (Stephen Foster)

More Information

Title:
From Dusk to Starry Night
for mezzo-soprano and chamber orchestra
Texts by Walt Whitman, Amy Lowell and Stephen Foster
Language:
English
Edition:
Performance material
Publisher/Label:
Schott Helicon Music Corporation
Year of composition:
2015
Duration:
21 ′
Voice:
mezzo-soprano
World Premiere:
April 23, 2015 · Houston, TX (USA)
Church of St. John the Divine
Sasha Cooke, mezzo-soprano · Conductor: David Danzmayr · River Oaks Chamber Orchestra

Commissioned work :
Commissioned by Sasha Cooke and the River Oaks Chamber Orchestra

Technical Details

Product number:
LSHM 50348
Delivery rights:
Worldwide

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Performances

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  • From Dusk to Starry Night
    Conductor: Christian Macelaru
    Orchestra: Orchestre Métropolitain
    March 30, 2018 | Montréal, PQ (Canada) , Maison de la Culture Mercier
  • From Dusk to Starry Night
    Conductor: Christian Macelaru
    Orchestra: Orchestre Métropolitain
    March 29, 2018 | Montréal, PQ (Canada) , Maison Symphonique de Montréal
  • From Dusk to Starry Night
    Conductor: Christian Macelaru
    Orchestra: Orchestre Métropolitain
    March 28, 2018 | Montréal, PQ (Canada) , Église Notre-Dame-des-Sept-Douleurs
  • From Dusk to Starry Night
    Conductor: David Danzmayr
    Orchestra: River Oaks Chamber Orchestra
    April 23, 2015 | Houston, TX (United States of America) , Church of St. John the Divine — World Premiere
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