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Dale Trumbore
Dale Trumbore
To See It (from How to Go On)
This stand-alone movement from How to Go On urges us to recognize the quiet beauty in our lives.
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How to Go On
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However Difficult
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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
We need to separate to see
the life we’ve made.
We need to leave our house
where someone waits for us, patiently,
warm beneath the sheets.
We need to don a sweater, a coat, mittens,
wrap a scarf around our neck,
stride down the road,
a cold winter morning,
and turn our head back,
to see it—perched
on the top of the hill, our life
lit from inside.
— Laura Foley
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