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Musicians are traditionally called upon to entertain at important functions, the most common being weddings, familiar to all cultures, and Bar Mitzvahs, the Jewish coming of age celebration. The ambiguity of these occasions prompted the choice of a Yiddish folk song Hat ein Man eine Weibele |
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For Shakuhachi, Violin and Cello |
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Psalm 84 has appealed to me ever since I encountered it in the Brahms Requiem when I sang in the chorus during my undergraduate years at the University of Southern California. It expresses the profound appreciation I feel for the natural world and the exaltation that sweeps over me during walks when I contemplate the beauty of our planet. When I was commissioned by Soli Deo Gloria to compose a psalm setting as part of the organization’s psalms project, I immediately thought of #84. |
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Based on a poem by Whalt Witman from Leaves of Grass, this work for SATB, chorus, and piano was commisioned by the Manhattan Choral Ensemble in 2019. This score is available from Theodore Front |
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Music: Victoria Bond
Text: Jonathan Fink
SATB Chorus.
"Your Voice is Gone" was commissioned and premiered by the Manhattan Choral Ensemble in 2011 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire in 1911.
I chose a letter from a young woman who worked at the factory to her mother in which she writes of her longing for home. She is lonely in New York without her family and dreams of them being together again. The poem ends with the tragic line “but even in my dreams your voice is gone.” |
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Thomas Jefferson's words come alive with Victoria Bond's "Soul of a Nation." |
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