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Dale Trumbore
Dale Trumbore
Prelude and Postlude (from A Calendar of Light)
The Prelude and Postlude of A Calendar of Light excerpt text and musical themes from the larger work, holding us accountable for our relationship with the earth.
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A Calendar of Light
SATB Chorus & Audience
The Prelude and Postlude of A Calendar of Light excerpt text and musical themes from the larger work, holding us accountable for altering our relationship with the earth.
Within A Calendar of Light, our relationship to the changing seasons reflects our relationship to change itself. This ranges from small and personal changes—our own daily triumphs and artistic failures—to the wide-ranging, devastating consequences of climate change. Ultimately, the piece calls for reflection and action, with recurring refrains and six call-and-response movements that invite the audience to join in singing.
While the Prelude features the chorus alone, the Postlude invites the audience to join in singing several call-and-response refrains.
Composer’s Notes
This work was commissioned by The Esoterics and is dedicated, with gratitude, to its Artistic Director, Eric Banks. A Calendar of Light was composed in part at the Tusen Takk Foundation, with thanks to Geoffrey Peckham and Patricia Melzer for their generous support.
-Dale Trumbore
Text
Is it impossible to plant change?
Let us believe in the resurrection of the earth.
Look how the light is beginning to dim.
There’s so much to love in this undoing.
I will not be silent.
—Barbara Crooker
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