There is Nothing to fear arranged for orchestra (mp3) by David Warin Solomons Performance MP3 - Digital Sheet Music
By David Warin Solomons
20819854
There is Nothing to fear arranged for orchestra (mp3)
20819854
20819854
20819854
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SKU: A0.1059684
Composed by Joe Dillon Ford. Arranged by David Warin Solomons. 20th Century,Contemporary. Full Performance. Duration 141. David Warin Solomons #3675855. Published by David Warin Solomons (A0.1059684).Score:
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This is an orchestration in memory of Joe Dillon Ford, performed on 23 September 2018 by the Octava Chamber Orchestra.
The piece was originally scored for male chorus (alto, tenor, baritone and bass). "Surrender" was created as a gift for Henry Burt Stevens and premiered as part of the 2007 Delian Suite No. 3 (May 2007). Ford's setting is based on quintal harmonies in which chords are constructed in perfect fifths (instead of the usual thirds), a technique which imbues the music with an austere, timeless quality. The movement consists in a series of choral statements in homorhythmic chordal style of the word "surrender" in its original and successively truncated forms, with each statement followed by an elucidating observation made by the altos. In this manner, the significance of the poem, which evokes the dissolution of the ego center, is clearly communicated. The lone letter "s,"
which is ultimately all that remains of the word "surrender," is here prolonged to imply the sound of a distant wave or gentle gust of wind-the action of emptiness. In the original version, the final line of the poem is not sung but calmly spoken.
In the orchestral version the "S" sound is represented by a breathy sound in the flutes.
Joseph Dillon Ford was born in Americus, Georgia, USA. He attended Harvard University as a Variell Scholar, graduating in 1978, and subsequently pursued an academic career at public institutions of higher education in Miami, Florida. His strong background and interest in music history has long informed his creative work, although he composes in a wide variety of both traditional and emergent styles. In 2004, with a group of composer and performer colleagues, he founded the Delian Society, an international body of men and women dedicated to the rebirth of tonal art music.
Joseph Dillon Ford died, too young, in March 2017 and this performance is offered in his memory.
The original poem by Henry Burt Stevens is:
surrender
nothing to do
surrende
no place to go
surrend
right here now
surren
this moment
surre
there is nothing to fear
surr
be calm
sur
be patient
su
just observe
s
if otherwise I would have told you so
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