Prize | Linköping Studentsångare Composition Award 2016 |
Opus Number | 44 |
Category | Choir (male choir) |
Year | 2016 |
Duration | 5 |
Orchestration | TTTTBBBB |
Publisher | Bo Ejeby Förlag |
Text
I. At Sea
In the pull of the wind I stand, lonely,
On the deck of a ship, rising, falling,
Wild night around me, wild water under me,
Whipped by the storm, screaming and calling.
Earth is hostile and the sea hostile,
Why do I look for a place to rest?
I must fight always and die fighting
With fear an unhealing wound in my breast.
II. At Night
Love said, “Wake still and think of me,
“Sleep, “Close your eyes till break of day,”
But Dreams came by and smilingly
Gave both to Love and Sleep their way.
III. At Midnight
Now at last I have come to see what life is,
Nothing is ever ended, everything only begun,
And the brave victories that seem so splendid
Are never really won.
Even love that I built my spirit’s house for,
Comes like a brooding and a baffled guest,
And music and men’s praise and even laughter
Are not so good as rest.
Lyrics by Sara Teasdale
At Teasdale’s – Listen on Youtube
Reviews
Dessutom blev det Finlandspremiär på Cecilia Damströms At Teasdale’s, ett välklingande verk.
Tove Djupsjöbacka, Hufvudstadsbladet 15.4.2018
Performances
2016 May 4th World Premiere by Linköping Studentsångare and Christina Hörnell
2017 October 12 by Linköping Studentsångare and Christopher Nordin – More info
2017 October 21st by Linköping Studentsångare and Christina Hörnell– More info
2018 April 14th Finnish Premiere by Akademiska Sångföreningen and Kari Turunen – More info
2018 April 21st Orphei Drängar and Cecilia Rydinger in Stockholm – More info
2018 April 22nd Orphei Drängar and Cecilia Rydinger in Uppsala – More info
2018 May 25th Linköping Studentsångare and Christina Hörnell – More info
CANCELLED 2020 April 18th The Finnish Line and Atte Heikkinen – More info
2021 November 13th Helsinki Academic Male Choir KYL and Visa Yrjälä – More info
2023 March 18th Helsinki Academic Male Choir KYL and Visa Yrjälä – More info