Sky-Born Music

Based on a poem by Ralph Waldo Emerson, this piece opens with a short flute introduction of music floating across the sky. In contrast, the text goes on to say that music is heard not only in places of beauty but also in the mud, the dark, in the daily flow of things. The music functions in clear sections with special attention paid to the richness of the poetry and, appropriately, always returns to the refrain: "for there, always, something sings."