Del Tredici, David - The Little Land (from '4 Heartfelt Anthems') description:  SS/A ISMN 9790051474349 Publisher Boosey & Hawkes (New York) Series Transient Glory

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The Transient Glory series presents new choral works by some of America’s most engaging contemporary composers, specially written to celebrate the art of children’s choirs and the transient but glorious nature of young singing voices. The works, which were all commissioned for a concert performance series by the Young People’s Chorus of New York, promise to make a significant addition to the repertoire for children’s and youth choruses.

The Composer writes:
To be invited to write for a cappella treble, or youth, choir took my breath away. For a composer accustomed to writing larger-than-life music, it seemed impossible to distill myself down so. But I was intrigued. In this traumatic post-9/11 world, I felt an urge to connect with, and even comfort, the youngest generation of budding musicians. "Heart" and "felt" are two words that directed my choice of texts: I wanted to tell something about myself, as well as about the joys of childhood (as best I remember them).

Robert Louis Stevenson’s The Little Land (Barcarolle) is from his beloved A Child’s Garden of Verses and re-creates the imaginative world that to daydreaming children seems so natural:
"When at home alone I sit
And am very tired of it,
I have just to shut my eyes
To go sailing through the skies—"
And so the young sailor embarks upon a wonderful Victorian adventure, tinged with disappointment when he at last opens his eyes to find only "High bare walls, great bare floor ..." Come sail with us!

- David Del Tredici, 16 February 2003

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