Earthly Light
Parts: TB + String Quartet + Percussion
Pages: 4 Pgs with Cover (Conductor’s score)
Description: 3 min. — A dreamy, rhythmic song with bird calls built in.
A sonic picture of the moment just before a midsummer afternoon storm. The sky is very black, swollen with rain. Birds call and fly nervously in the trees with overturned leaves. This is inspired by many afternoons watching this as a kid in the fields of my parents’ Vermont far.
Originally commissioned by GVDT of St. Louis, MO in September 2000. Rearranged with string quartet in February 2024 and premiered on April 21st, 2024 by the Denver Choir League.