The Secret Exit
Monday, January 22, 2018 at 2:34PM
Song cycle: What rose out of the white leaves of your body; When in Early Summer; Child
2017 | soprano/clarinet
Version for soprano with Eb Alto Saxophone is forthcoming
Poems by Nelly Sachs, duration is approximately 13 minutes
Commissioned by The University of Alabama at Birmingham for soprano Kristine Hurst-Wajszczuk and clarinetist Denise Gainey.
Premiere: January 26, 2018 at Temple Emanu-El in Birmingham, AL
To purchase the sheet music, please click here.
ERRATA:
SONG 1: m. 72: If you have an earlier edition, please change the content of m. 72 as follows:
6/8 instead of 5/8
VOICE rhythms: 3 8th notes, 1 quarter, 1 eight to "storm up the stair of"
CLARINET: 8th rest, 8th note on concert C, 8th note on concert Db, quarter note on concert Eb (with the word "storm" and 8th note on concert F