HSP-117-05
Although the Wind / Dalton / SSAA choir, a cappella
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Although the Wind Text: Izumi Shikibu translated by Jane Hirshfield
for SSAA choir, a cappella
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Although the wind blows terribly here, the moonlight also leaks between the roof planks of this ruined house. Izumi Shikibu translated by Jane Hirshfield From Women In Praise of the Sacred Edited by Jane Hirshfield © 1994 HarperCollinsPublishers used with permission
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PROGRAM NOTES
Jane Hirshfield, in Nine Gates: Entering the Mind of Poetry, tells us that in Japanese poetry the "experience of a poem is put forward, not the experiencer, and the poems do not coerce feeling, only invite it...” And so it is that "Although the Wind" invites us to feel the weight of the world, the wholeness of our bodies and our relationships, our "ruined houses." The poem invites us to notice that "Although the wind blows terribly here," the moonlight is also present, leaking "between the roof planks." It is as if the moonlight (love, spririt), that which is so needed, is also somehow not wanted, not allowed in. In the process of setting this poem by Izumi Shikibu, I spent time sitting with it, reading it, speaking it, walking with it, and reciting it to others. I let it enter my body and wash over me many, many times. The setting that revealed itself reflects this process, giving the listener time to breath and reflect, not to coerce feeling, but to invite it. Izumi Shikibu is considered the greatest woman poet of Japanese literature and was part of the only Golden Age of world literature that was created by women writers.
ABOUT THE COMPOSER
Catherine Dalton specializes in vocal compositions that are inspired by classical, jazz, folk, world music and chant. Her music has been performed by such groups as Vox Femina Los Angeles, One Voice Mixed Chorus, Camerata Nova, and the internationally known new music ensemble Zeitgeist, in addition to singers Carrie Henneman-Shaw, Jeffrey Hess and Nicole Warner and numerous choirs across the United States and abroad.
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Comissioned by the College of Musical Arts for the Bowling Green State University Women's Chorus, Sandra Frey Stegman, conductor
Although the Wind SSAA choir, a cappella Izumi Shikibu Trans. by Jane Hirshfield†
Catherine Dalton
8 -10 seconds
Wind
Soprano
2/3 of the singers make a wind sound by blowing, sometimes with a slight whistle or a "sh" sound. At the same time rub palms together and then fingers against thumbs as you blow softer.
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The wind should "blow" two times from left ro right across the stage in a wave-like motion. Continue until your sung part begins after A.
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†From "Women in Praise of the Sacred" Used with Permission
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Although the Wind - Dalton
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Although the Wind - Dalton
4-5 seconds
26 as before
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Although the Wind - Dalton 40
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b & b ˙.
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this
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of
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roof planks
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Although the Wind - Dalton
P bb j & œ œ D
S1
slower (q=88)
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A1
A2
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