The Sleep Seekers
for mixed choir (SATB) + Piano
words by Marjorie Pickthall (1883–1922)
Difficulty: Advanced
A piece about the process of discovering one's own personal sanctuary, set to the words of Canadian poet Marjorie Pickthall. At times, the music is restless and complex in order to convey a sense of exploration and discovery, but the piece culminates in a simple, tender lullaby in C major:
"[...] Here we shall lift our lodge against the rain,
Walling it deep
With tamarack branches and the balsam fir,
Sweet even as sleep,
And aspen boughs continually astir
To make a silver-gleaming,--
Here shall we lift our lodge and find again
A little space for dreaming."
A piece about the process of discovering one's own personal sanctuary, set to the words of Canadian poet Marjorie Pickthall. At times, the music is restless and complex in order to convey a sense of exploration and discovery, but the piece culminates in a simple, tender lullaby in C major:
"[...] Here we shall lift our lodge against the rain,
Walling it deep
With tamarack branches and the balsam fir,
Sweet even as sleep,
And aspen boughs continually astir
To make a silver-gleaming,--
Here shall we lift our lodge and find again
A little space for dreaming."
