for choir & orchestra Composer’s Note We connect to our traditions primarily through the stories told in works of art: film, novels, and music. Traditions are lost when those stories go untold. As a practicing […]
Justin Merritt
composer
Ithaka
for clarinet, violin, cello, & piano According to the Poetry Foundation, “C.P. Cavafy (1863-1933) is widely considered the most distinguished Greek poet of the twentieth century,” yet for most of his life he was an […]
Lamentations
for satb choir a cappella O Lord He hath led me, and brought me into darkness Surely against me is he turned He turneth his hand against meMy flesh and my skin hath he made […]
Inferno
for band Among American libraries, the most widely held texts (as of 2004) were The U.S. Census, the Bible, and Mother Goose. However, the fourth, edging out Shakespeare, is Dante’s Divine Comedy. Referring to the […]
Janus Mask
for orchestra Janus, the Roman god of gates and doorways, is portrayed in masks as having two faces, each pointing in the opposite direction. Liars and traitors are sometimes described as being Janus-faced because one […]
Album Leaves
for piano listen on Spotify recorded by Matthew McCright on the album Blender Album Leaves Meltwater Mosquito Quiet Land Sprinkles Album Leaves Old Eagle Lake Cemetery Ancient Stars Flurries Solstice The Long Drive Home Epilogue
Miles and Miles
for satb choir with optional nordic fiddle I began writing Miles and Miles almost exactly 10 years ago for the VocalEssence Welcome Christmas competition. My wife and I had just traveled from Texas to Minnesota […]
Corde Natus
for satb choir a cappella Corde natus ex parentis (Of the Father’s Love Begotten) was commissioned by Scott MacPherson and the Vokalensemble Kölner Dom and premiered in the Cologne Cathedral. The text was written by […]
