Sunset Hymn

Bonnie Mclarty

Sunset Hymn text by Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg For SATB, unaccompanied 4 minutes 15 seconds

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Commissioned by the University of Kansas Bales Chorale

Bonnie Mclarty

Sunset H y mn For SATB, unaccompanied 4 minutes 15 seconds

THEN IT'S OVER The blue breaks through the setting clouds, an old fire, while the field lays down its colors for the night. Sky tumbles over itself day to night, tension to calm. What we think happened, and what no one but the wind saw- all lost to the first falling star. Nothing hurts for a moment. Those you love shine whether still here or long gone. A wide darkness envelops the world, takes your hand, shows you where to stop looking and where to start. Poem by Caryn Mirriam-Goldberg from Chasing Weather, Used with permission.

2014.

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