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Dale Trumbore
Dale Trumbore
March (from A Calendar of Light)
March moves from a grey landscape to the hopeful return of birds and longer days.
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A Calendar of Light
SATB Chorus
March may begin with a grey landscape devoid of color and hope, but as the piece progresses, we find moments of renewal. Grackles and redwings return, bringing with them light and longer days.
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. This movement was originally premiered as Almost, But Not Quite Spring by Choral Arts Initiative; it was composed in residence at Copland House.
-Dale Trumbore
Text
There is no color anywhere,
in the fields, in the woods,
only the monotony
of buff and brown,
fawn and dun,
smoke, slate, steel,
and now, coming into March,
the coldest nights of the year.
But each day, we climb
a few more inches
up the ladder of light,
and grackles and redwings
return, bringing postcards
of tropical sun.
The eye of the pond widens,
and geese scribble messages
across the grey sky:
“Hold on. Hold on.
It’s coming.”
—Barbara Crooker
This piece sets Crooker’s poem “Almost, But Not Quite Spring.”
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