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Timothy C. Takach
Timothy C. Takach Publications
Find the Light We Need
A radiant, expressive journey through nature’s beauty, connection, and light with atmospheric elegance.
SSAA div. a cappella
Takach’s ethereal setting of Julia Klatt Singer’s evocative poem immerses treble choirs in a world of natural beauty, evoking connection, flight, nighttime, warmth, and light. Atmospheric and melodically rich, the piece invites singers to paint a shimmering, undulating landscape through shifting textures of lyrical lines, expressive vocalises, and vibrant text-driven passages. Ideal for conductors seeking repertoire that is both emotionally resonant and musically engaging, this work offers a rewarding challenge and a stunning moment of reflection in any concert program.
Composer’s Notes
In this one-sided conversation with a moth, Julia Klatt Singer imagines that they are both seeking the same thing and both being distracted by false moons: things that attract us but hold no benefit upon arrival.
The flutteirng of moth wings is ever-present in the vocal trills passed between the sections of the ensemble, and they are contrasted by longer held notes – the moon hovering above. Through the course of the poem, we are rewarded by concrete, physical things–things we can taste and touch and experience. We are more complete when our shallow journey towards false light is filled with life.
-Timothy C. Takach, 2022
Text
We are no different
In search of light
Or maybe heat
And when
heat lightning breaks the sky
My heart it beats
Like wings.
I tell you
I’m leaving the lights off–
No false moons
What we see
Even in this dark
Is enough, what we smell–
Glorious.
Wind in the top
Of the trees
Each branch moves–
Some shake, some sway
I tell you
I want to move like them
shake the day free.
We are meant to look.
To listen, to taste.
All of life is here.
Touch, feel, say.
Oh say say say.
And join.
You move across me
Like moonlight.
Find the light we need.
I beat my wings
Against your skin
Leaving half-circles
Of light.
This is how
It goes, pining
For the moon.
-Julia Klatt Singer, used with permission
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