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Elizabeth Alexander
Elizabeth Alexander (Seafarer Press)
Pages (from “Kindling”)
A clear-eyed reflection on the world’s challenges, with a purposeful call to action.
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Kindling: Small Reflections on a Limitless Faith
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Kindling: Small Reflections on a Limitless Faith
SATB, flute, horn, violin, cello, piano OR SATB, piano
Following the patient, steady steps of visionary souls past and present, this introspective song reflects on the world’s challenges with clear-eyed compassion. By turns heart-lifting and heart-rending, it closes with a purposeful call to action.
“Pages” is the second movement of “Kindling: Small Reflections on a Limitless Faith.”
Note: This song may be performed with chamber ensemble (flute, horn, violin, cello, piano, string quartet) or with piano alone. In both cases choristers simply use the Choral Score. For chamber ensemble performances of this song, the conductor conducts from the conductor’s score of the complete work (SEA-123-10). Instrumental Parts are available through Seafarer Press.
Composer’s Notes
The news of the world often evokes sorrow, pain, fear and anger. But alongside hardship there are glimpses of perseverance and quiet determination. I brought that shifting emotional landscape into Pages, honoring the courageous actions of those who have come before us, and inviting us to follow their example.
-Elizabeth Alexander
Text
On the pages of the morning paper,
People rebuild shattered schools and restore lifeless lakes,
Knit reconciliation out of promise and pain,
And sing to the deathly ill and the newly born.
Constitutions are still being written,
And slaves freed, and truces forged.
We finish our breakfasts and roll up our own sleeves.
– Elizabeth Alexander
© 2015 by Elizabeth Alexander
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