SCORE & SET OF PARTS PDF - 

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This music is based on the following poem:

a connotation of infinity
sharpens the temporal splendor of this night

when souls which have forgot frivolity
in lowliness,noting the fatal flight
of worlds whereto this earth's a hurled dream

down eager avenues of lifelessness
consider for how much themselves shall gleam,
in the poised radiance of perpetualness.
When what's in velvet beyond doomed thought

is like a woman amorous to be known;
and man,whose here is always worse than naught,
feels the tremendous yonder for his own-

on such a night the sea through her blind miles

of crumbling silence seriously smiles

- e.e. cummings

I wanted to evoke the scene of a clouded sea at dusk. There is much music written about sunrises but few about sunsets.

Premier and recording performed by the UTSA Wind Symphony
Ron Ellis, Conductor
October 29, 2024, UTSA Recital Hall