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Scored for: SATB Vocal Octet (or SATB Chorus) and cello Text: Isaac McLellan Language: English Duration: 6 min. Premiere: November, 2023, Temple University singers, Jeffrey Solow, cello, Mitos Andaya Hart, Conductor Commissioned by: The Presser Foundation in honor of Dr. Jeffrey Cornelius’ distinguished service Published by: Self-published, Angelfire Press
Contact Trudy Chan at Black Tea Music for score and part, or contact Andrea
LISTEN (excerpt)
PROGRAM NOTES
Smile Thy Shores was commissioned by The Presser Foundation in honor of Dr. Jeffrey Cornelius for his distinguished service as a Trustee, Board President, and a member of the Board. Ogunquit, Maine, a tiny coastal town, is where Dr. Cornelius has brought his family together every autumn for decades, a treasured annual trip. I wanted the piece to have a personal relationship to Dr. Cornelius so I chose the poem “Maine” by Isaac McLellan. The cello has a folk like quality, and nods to the ocean’s essence with undulating lines and ornaments like waves. The vocal lines begin with the repeated word “far” which has several meanings. Into the far reaches, where beloved memories of family are held close, looking far into the future with joyful anticipation of more shared time, and a far-reaching vision, one of Dr. Cornelius’ many gifts – a vision for equity and a thriving future for music and arts.
TEXT
Maine
by Isaac McLellan (1st and last stanzas)
Far in the sunset’s mellow glory,
Far in the day-break’s pearly bloom,
Fringed by ocean’s foamy surges,
Belted in by woods of gloom,
Stretch thy soft, luxuriant borders,
Smile thy shores, in hill and plain,
Flower-enamelled, ocean-girdled,
Green bright shores of Maine.
Bright from many a rocky headland,
Fringed by sands that shine like gold,
Gleams the light-house, white and lonely,
Grim as some baronial hold.
Bright by many an ocean valley
Shaded hut and village shine;
Roof and steeple, weather-beaten,
Stained by ocean’s breath of brine.
Smile Thy Shores
Scored for: SATB Vocal Octet (or SATB Chorus) and cello
Text: Isaac McLellan
Language: English
Duration: 6 min.
Premiere: November, 2023, Temple University singers, Jeffrey Solow, cello, Mitos Andaya Hart, Conductor
Commissioned by: The Presser Foundation in honor of Dr. Jeffrey Cornelius’ distinguished service
Published by: Self-published, Angelfire Press
Contact Trudy Chan at Black Tea Music for score and part, or contact Andrea
LISTEN (excerpt)
PROGRAM NOTES
Smile Thy Shores was commissioned by The Presser Foundation in honor of Dr. Jeffrey Cornelius for his distinguished service as a Trustee, Board President, and a member of the Board. Ogunquit, Maine, a tiny coastal town, is where Dr. Cornelius has brought his family together every autumn for decades, a treasured annual trip. I wanted the piece to have a personal relationship to Dr. Cornelius so I chose the poem “Maine” by Isaac McLellan. The cello has a folk like quality, and nods to the ocean’s essence with undulating lines and ornaments like waves. The vocal lines begin with the repeated word “far” which has several meanings. Into the far reaches, where beloved memories of family are held close, looking far into the future with joyful anticipation of more shared time, and a far-reaching vision, one of Dr. Cornelius’ many gifts – a vision for equity and a thriving future for music and arts.
TEXT
Maine
by Isaac McLellan (1st and last stanzas)
Far in the sunset’s mellow glory,
Far in the day-break’s pearly bloom,
Fringed by ocean’s foamy surges,
Belted in by woods of gloom,
Stretch thy soft, luxuriant borders,
Smile thy shores, in hill and plain,
Flower-enamelled, ocean-girdled,
Green bright shores of Maine.
Bright from many a rocky headland,
Fringed by sands that shine like gold,
Gleams the light-house, white and lonely,
Grim as some baronial hold.
Bright by many an ocean valley
Shaded hut and village shine;
Roof and steeple, weather-beaten,
Stained by ocean’s breath of brine.