IN WIND THEY CLEAVE for Soprano, Baritone, Violin, Cello, Piano and Percussion Instruments Text by STEVEN ROSS SMITH
2008
First Publication: Nov. 1st, 2008
Total Duration: ca. 12 minutes
Wang Jie Music, ASCAP PO Box 299 New York, NY 10025 Date of printing: Nov. 6th, 2008 Contact Wang Jie: 917-536-7217
IN WIND THEY CLEAVE By Steven Ross Smith
Wind laments, Beside the greening groaning trees Winds lament Windows scattered moonlight Orange suns by night Blue birds by day kisses taste excites Wind shudders my skin A lovely leaf she clings A strong branch I reach Through the stem that links our hearts Winds lament Winds caressed my skin A lovely leaf I clung A string branch he reached Thorough his stem linked our hearts Wind links our hearts A fire’s been lit A warming flame She trembles with desire With fright, she fears the light A fire was lit A forest burning wild Burning burning She panics Flees the heat She fled! Burning burning burning Un-twine! Un-twine! Un-twine! In wind they cleave He stumbled in the gloom I shouted to the moon Until my throat grew raw
Until his lips grew dry with salt Until the echoes halted A lovely leaf I clung A strong branch he reached He held me in the light I shone a gleam so bold In wind we cleave Her glance turns back In her pale tearless eye Forever his reflection Wind has flown Flown
Commissioned by the Music-Theatre Group, New York, 2008
IN WIND THEY CLEAVE Steven Ross Smith
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• Dance for Two 15’ Percussion Solo • Game for Two 13’ Two Pianos • The Animal Carnival 15’ Soprano and String Quartet • Serenade In Isolation 15’ Violin Solo • Music for the Joy of Sextet 5’ Fl, Cl, Vln, Vla, Vc, Perc. • Concerto for Harpsichord and String Instruments 12’ Harpsichord, 2 Vla, Vc. • The Stranger 2 12’ Fl, Cl, Vln, Vc, Pno • Five Phases of Spring 15' Fl, Cl, Tpt, Perc, & String Quartet • I Died for Beauty 11’ Baritone, Vibraphone and Piano • Three Miniature Etudes for the Joy of Organ Playing 5’ Organ Solo
• Symphony No.1 • Swamp’s Shore • Five Faces of Joy • Death of Socrates
15’ 7’ 7’ 8’
3333, 4331, timp, 3perc, pno&cel, hp, str. Sopr, 2222,4231, timp, 3perc, pno, hp, sopr, str. String Orchestra & Celesta 3333, 4331, timp, 3perc, pno&cel, hp, str.
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In Wind They Cleave | Printed in New York | 2009 | $ 18.95