N. Lincoln Hanks

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My piece juxtaposes two texts of bedtime music - one, a theologically tight and very adult hymn by Thomas Ken (17th c.) and mystic medieval prayer for children.  The work can be performed in a concert setting with two SATB choirs or in church with the choir and the congregation.Soundcloud recording:https://soundcloud.com/pepperdinemusic/sets/the-ascending-voice-iv-cerulean-voices-extraordinary/s-4nUav

Before Sleeping

SATB Octavo

Appropriate for both church and concert settings, this intimate work reminds us that our time here is short.Text:Life is short, and we do not havemuch time to gladden the hearts of those who travel with us, so be quick to love and make haste to be kind.And may the blessing of the One who made us, and the One who loves us, and the One who travels with us, be with you and those you love this day and always.Amen.Adapted from Henri Frederic Amiel (1821-1881)

A Song of Blessing

American poet, Witter Bynner (1881-1968), was never tied to any one poetic movement and forged professional and personal relationships with many of the leading poets of his time, including Ezra Pound, Amy Lowell and D.H. Lawrence. Although he was against what he viewed as the pretentiousness of the imagist poets, Brynner had a great affinity to Asian literature, a primary influence on such luminary imagist poets as Lowell and John Gould Fletcher. Bynner's "Driftwood" captures some of the brevity and poignancy found in Chinese poetry, and relates a Buddhist message of universalism: fragments of wood, driven nails, fingers of builders are no less real than the “burning violets” of the fire that consumes them. The imagery of wood and nails also subtely denotes a Christian overtone. As I composed this work, I paid special attention to three essential elements found in Bynner's poem: the passage of time, fragmentation and color.

Driftwood

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This setting of the Edgar Allen Poe's "Lenore" portrays the two mysterious and contrasting characters, Pious One and Guy de Vere, as they quarrel over how to best lament sweet Lenore's untimely death. In keeping with the dark and evocative text, the music is spiritual, infinite, and phantasmagorical in nature.ca. 7:00

Lenore

Baritone Solo

Program Note I. Katy CruelA version of this folksong was popular during the American Revolutionary period. The ditty depicts a female character in contradictory terms: one who admits she is perceived by others to be a non-entity, while also possessing a confident sense of self. It is a nonsense song, and we can infer from the words that Katy was wild and frenetic in nature. However, she also bore some sadness in her life. The music reels with her unbridled spirit.II. Fare Thee WellThis song was first discovered by famed musicologist and folklorist John Lomax in 1909. He came across an African American woman named Dink washing clothes on the bank of the Brazos River near College Station, Texas. The locals informed him that she loved to sing, and after some coaxing by Lomaxs wife, Bess (Brown) Lomax, Dink sang a haunting melody of unrequited love for the recording. My setting contextualizes her song of melancholy, imbuing it with a harmonic language and a slow rhythmic pace that not only conveys the unrelenting heat and humidity that surrounds her as she works and sings, but also the oppressive and doleful thoughts of lost love that plagues her mind.III. Slack Your RopeAlso called "The Maid Freed from the Gallows," this song has been in the folksong repertoire for centuries, and its origin is not known. The story here is of a young maiden convicted of some crime and sentenced to hang. All that is required for her freedom is a certain amount of gold to pay her debts (or to bribe the hangman), but her mother, father. and others close to her will not or cannot pay. Finally, her lover rides into view and comes to her. Will she find redemption at the end?

Folk Songs

Mezzo-Soprano Solo

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Immerse yourself in the rhythmic complexities of "Syncopations" by N. Lincoln Hanks. This original concert work captivates with its intricate interplay and dynamic shifts, offering ensembles a challenging yet rewarding experience. Perfect for advanced groups seeking to showcase their technical prowess and interpretive skills. - Note: This music is composed by humans. No human-written product description is available, limiting search visibility. The AI-assisted description is for reference only.

Syncopations

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This piece takes its inspiration from John Gould Fletcher's poem, "Memory: The Walk on the Beach." The poem contains elegant and poignant images of love, loss and nostalgia. Rhetorical elements in Fletcher's poem (e.g. thematic returns, thematic elaboration and abbreviation, etc.) are mimicked using similar devices in the music composition so that the response by the listener might be similar to that of the reader of the poem.

We go out into darkness; we speak but in memories

String Quartet

A two movement tone poem for full orchestra that paints an abstract about the metamorphic life of a butterfly and our own human development - from chrysalis to fully formed beauty.  The second movement takes its dramatic form from the poem XXXI by John Gould   Fletcher (from "Irradiations: Sand and Spray").

Thus I Create the Dance

Text from Euripedes' play MEDEA in a new translation by Ben Power (2014 by Faber Faber). Used by permission.  Contact the composer to acquire the stereo accompaniment files.

Three Choral Odes from Medea

SSAA Octavo

Fast Track is a celebratory piece for wind ensemble, and the title is an apt description of the work as a whole. The piece begins with a brass flourish that provides us entrée into a relentless and fast-paced race through several discrete sections of music, each separated by transitions or passageways. Many of the themes featured throughout Fanfares are derived from a distinctive galloping motive that propels us through much of the race.   Exactly at the middle of the track, we find ourselves at a pit stop, and with the pulse still revving high, the percussion group and trombones perform a long chorale set against a running engine of cannons in the woodwinds. Now somewhat refreshed, we run through the track again, only this time more quickly. We exit the fast track as we began - with a fanfare to the finish line.

Fast Track

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Immerse yourself in the dynamic interplay of "Fantasy for Trombone and Piano" by N Lincoln Hanks. Perfect for concert and contest settings, this piece challenges performers with its intricate dialogue between piano and trombone, weaving a captivating musical narrative that's both engaging and expressively rich. Ideal for advancing musicians. - Note: This music is composed by humans. No human-written product description is available, limiting search visibility. The AI-assisted description is for reference only.

Fantasy for Trombone and Piano

Trombone Solo with Piano

These four movements for solo piano are tones poems based upon mystic texts by 13th c. Cistercian nun, Mechtild of Magdeburg.  Rather than creating a musical narrative of the poetry, I focused on my response to these words, and often my responses surprised me. As I connected with the imagery evoked in the poems, I found that my internal responses were vigorous and passionate, as opposed to serene as the title of the work might imply.  Prayers and Meditations is about what burns behind the quietude of prayerfulness.Soundcloud recording:https://soundcloud.com/n-lincoln-hanks-1/sets/prayers-and-meditations

Prayers and Meditations

Piano Solo

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Look Out

Flute Solo with Piano

Tota pulchra is a composition for a cappella choir in five major sections and sets one of the most beautiful Marian antiphon texts in the liturgy.

Tota pulchra

A setting of Robert Nathan's hazy and warm poem of summer's end and the hope of renewal.

Now Blue October

Soprano Solo

A setting for mixed choir and piano of Psalm 8:3-4 and a text by Christina Rossetti.

When I Behold

A setting of the hymn text by William Cowper in a intricate contrapuntal style that implore's God's healing. The final meditative and tranquil setting of "waiting to feel Thy touch" brings us to a state of bliss in our patient faith.

Heal us, Emmanuel!

Composed without reference to a program or extra-musical concept, this piece of absolute music was an exercise in what I love the most about chamber music: evolving relationships and good counterpoint. As my first trio composition of this configuration, I focused on all the ways these players could interact with each other, often changing each player’s role in the piece from a soloist to the subordinate to the equal partner. Within the context of these relationships, important themes are developed and some are even protracted across the movements. I consciously draw upon good principles of rhetoric when I compose, and I believe this piece provides one of the best examples of this approach.

Three Movements

Clarinet Trio

A setting of G.K. Chesterton's beautiful Christmas carol for SATB choir with schola.

The Christ-Child Lay on Mary's Lap

A solo organ work in two contrasting movements.

Rest and Reconciliation

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Global Sections - CORE [DO NOT TOUCH]*

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