Shadow and Light
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| JS-074 | 70:00 | ||||
| No.1 I Felt a Cleaving | 4:50 | Audio file
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| No.2 Tangled Tango | 4:50 | Audio file
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| No.3 Memory Aids | 3:25 | Audio file
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| No.4 This is What We Fear | 3:30 | Audio file
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| No.5 By Night | 4:30 | Audio file
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| No.6 Sundowning | 7:45 | Audio file
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| No.7 A Choice | 3:25 | Audio file
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| No.8 Lead Kindly Light | 4:30 | Audio file
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| No.9 Take Me Home | 1:00 | Audio file
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| No.10 In this Uncontainable Night | 6:15 | Audio file
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| No.11 Regret | 4:10 | Audio file
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| No.12 Why Am I in this Place | 5:50 | Audio file
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| No.13 Remembering | 4:20 | Audio file
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| No.14 Hold Hands | 2:35 | Audio file
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| No.15 I Sing to You | 3:00 | Audio file
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| No.16 Love Bears All Things | 5:00 | Audio file
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Three major segments provide the structure for a "universal" story of Alzheimer's. Part I / The Cloud of Forgetting is told from the perspective of a person diagnosed with dementia, and features a mezzo-soprano soloist. Part II / Uncontainable Night focuses on the experience of the loved one/caregiver, (Soprano and Tenor). Part III / I and Thou maintains that the person with dementia has not 'disappeared.' They are not 'the disease,' but a person still capable of feeling love, beauty, music and remains capable of connection. Throughout, the chorus performs the role of story teller, care partner and witness.
"This is truly a masterwork and deserves a place in the standard choral repertory."
- Dr. Diane Retallack, Commissioning Conductor
Libretto conceived and created by Joan Szymko (from various sources)
Scored for SATB chorus, mezzo-soprano, tenor and soprano soli orchestra (2,2,2,2 - 2 hrn, 2 tpt, 2 perc, hrp, pno, strgs).