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Dale Trumbore
Dale Trumbore
When At Last (from How to Go On)
This stand-alone movement from How to Go On turns mortality into a stunningly beautiful image of new life.
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How to Go On
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However Difficult
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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
SSASATTBB a cappella, soli
“When at Last” is the final movement of Trumbore’s secular requiem How to Go On. Composed for the versatile singers of Choral Arts Initiative, How to Go On ultimately finds beauty and release in the embrace of everyday life.
“When at Last” 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
When at last I join the democracy of dirt,
a tussock earthed over and grass healed,
I’ll gladly conspire in my own diminishment.
Let a pink peony bloom from my chest
and may it be visited by a charm of bees,
who will then carry the talcum of pollen
and nectar of clover to the grove where they hive.
Let the honey they make be broken
from its comb, and release from its golden hold,
onto some animal tongue, my soul.
— Amy Fleury
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