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Dale Trumbore
Dale Trumbore
However Difficult (from How to Go On)
This movement from secular requiem How to Go On urges us to accept our lives as they are.
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How to Go On
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To See It
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Relinquishment
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Requiescat
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Knowing the End
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Sometimes Peace Comes
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When at Last
SSAATTBB a cappella
This is a movement from Trumbore’s secular requiem How to Go On. Composed for the versatile singers of Choral Arts Initiative, How to Go On confronts themes of grief and mortality, ultimately finding beauty and release in the embrace of everyday life.
This movement may be performed as a stand-alone piece or alongside other movements of How to Go On.
Composer’s Notes
Read interviews with the librettists and an essay on the creative process of composing How to Go On at daletrumbore.com/how-to-go-on.
Text
However difficult you think it might be,
it is yours, this life,
even the failures
are yours,
even the garden, though it be unkempt,
is yours.
— Laura Davies Foley
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