Halcyon Song

Description

Text by the composer

Opus Number
159
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Instrumentation
Soprano, 'Cello, and Piano
Duration
5 minutes
Commissioned
Save the Music
Dedication
in memory of Rosalie Calabrese
Recording
Jennifer Rachel Webb, soprano, Sam, cellist Ou, Larry Bell, pianist
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Text

Halcyon Song

Words and Music by Larry Bell

In a warm, clear day in November,
While our hope was still fresh in the air,
In a day we always remember,
In a moment that we’ve come to share.

Love does not die In my heart and my mind.
The soul lives now And forever in time.

In a warm clear day in September,
We awoke to see smoke in the skies,
No one knew the ultimate reason,
Why the innocent would lose their lives.

Love does not die In my heart and my mind.
The soul lives on
And forever in time.
Ah! Love does not die.
Ah! Ah! The soul lives on. Ah!
In a cold clear night in December,
A great poet was slain in the street.
We all cried that our dream was over,
Never dancing again to his beat.

Love does not die
In my heart and my mind.
The soul lives now
And forever in time.

Premiere

Oct. 21, 2021 YouTube; Jessica Bowers-soprano, Suzannah Chapman, cellist, Larry Bell, pianist

Program notes

Halcyon Song, for soprano, cello, and piano (2019) is based on words by the composer. It was commissioned by Save the Music in memory of Rosalie Calabrese. The first performance was streamed on October 21, 2021, via a YouTube premiere and performed by Jessica Bowers, Susannah Chapman, and Bell as the pianist. It was recorded on January 6 for commercial release in the fall of 2022.

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