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Dale Trumbore
Dale Trumbore
July (from A Calendar of Light)
As nature transforms with the changing seasons, so do we.
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A Calendar of Light
TTBB Chorus
This portrait of late summer captures the changing seasons. As the “peaches waiting to be picked are heavy with juice,” we are “ripening into our bodies,” changing and growing just like nature itself. This piece is excerpted from A Calendar of Light, a 75-minute work that takes the shape of a calendar and holds us accountable for our relationship with the earth, especially in the greater context of climate change. Ultimately, the piece calls for reflection and action.
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
It’s still summer, and the breeze is full
of sweetness spilled from a million petals;
it wraps around your arms, lifts the hair
from the back of your neck.
The salvia, coreopsis, roses
have set the borders on fire,
and the peaches waiting to be picked
are heavy with juice. We are still ripening
into our bodies, still in the act of becoming
—Barbara Crooker
This piece excerpts Crooker’s poem “This Summer Day.”
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