Forest (2019) by bobcohenmusic

Forest for SATB Chorus Music by Robert S. Cohen Poem by Nanci Bern Leapfrog Productions 303 Upper Mountain Ave. Upper Montclair, NJ 07043 (973) 783-9192 www.robertscohen.com bobcohenmusic@gmail.com ©2019 for Junges Consortium Berlin

Forest

Holding light translucent

We grasp to touch high borne glory

Then reach within to feel it's warmth

Dancing droplets twirl

And pirouette down stems

Along veins that hold life

Breathe breath that smiles

Slumbers in the dark

Tendrils of dreams serene

We sleep embraced by their forest roots

Monoliths of earth

Trees are a preamble to eternity

Their roots so entrenched in time.

Composer'snotes

It'simportanttoaccentuatethepercussivequalityoftherepeatedconsonant"d."Also, toemphasizethe3+3+2cross-rhythmonthewords"dancingdropletstwirl." .

                  Soprano Alto Tenor Bass Piano      Holdinglight      Holdinglight      Holdinglight      Holdinglight                             Adagiomaestoso       Holdinglight      Holdinglight      Holdinglight      Holdinglight                          

    Holdinglighttrans     Holdinglighttrans     Holdinglighttrans     Holdinglighttrans                     ---- -

(for rehearsal)

for Junges Consortium Berlin

Forest

      S A T B Pno. 4       lucentWe      lucentWe      lucentWe      lucentWe                               grasptotouchhighborne     grasptotouchhigh     grasptotouchhigh     grasptotouchhigh                        gloryThen      gloryThen      glory      gloryThen                   ----      S A T B Pno. 7           reachwithintofeelit's       reachwithintofeelits   reachfeel   reachfeel                           warmthfeelit's     warmthits   warmthits   warmthit's                          warmthtofeelit's      feelit'swarmthits   warmthits   warmthit's                    2

                  S A T B Pno. 10      warmth   warmth   warmth   warmth            feelit's   feelits   feelits   feelit's                warmth    warmth         ddddddd    warmth            Piumosso  12       d         dddddddd                   S A T B Pno. 14          Dancingdropletstwirl          dddddddd    d                         pirouettedownstems     d         dddddddd                          Dancingdropletstwirl          dddddddd    d                      3

      S A T B Pno. 17         DancingDancing         DancingddDancingdd                   Dancingdropletstwirl         Dancingdropletstwirl         dddddddd    d                              pirouettedownstems         Pirouettedownstems    d         dddddddd                                  S A T B Pno. 20         Alongveinsthathold         Alongveinsthathold         dddddddd    d                         life    life    d         dddddddd                    DancingDancing         DancingDancingdddd                 4

      S A T B Pno. 23           Dancingdddddd    Dancing                  dddddddd         dddddddd    d          Dancingdropletstwirl                               24         dddddddd         dddddddd          Pirouettedownstems                                      S A T B Pno. 26         dddddddd         dddddddd         Dancingdropletstwirl         Dancingdropletstwirl                                           ddddddd         ddddddd                        dddddddd         dddddddd           Dancingdropletstwirl                                      5

                  S A T B Pno. 29         dddddddd         dddddddd          Pirouettedownstems                                       ddddddddddd             ddddddddddd             Alongveinsthatholdveinsthathold            Alongveinsthatholdveinsthathold                                                       S A T B Pno. 31             ddddddddddd             ddddddddddd     life    life                                 Dancingdropletstwirlpirouette               DancingdropletstwirlPirouette             dddddddddddd                                     32        6

                              S A T B Pno. 33               DancingdropletstwirlPirouette             dddddddddddd              DancingdropletstwirlPirouette                                                   Dancingdropletstwirlpirouettedown            DancingdropletstwirlPirouettedown    d             dddddddddddd                                           pirouettedownstems        Pirouettedownstems        Pirouettedownstems                                                      S A T B Pno. 36             dddddddddddd             dddddddddddd              Dancingdropletstwirlpirouette              Dancingdropletstwirlpirouette                                                              Dancingdddddddddd             Dancingdddddddddd             Dancingdropletstwirlpirouette              Dancingdropletstwirlpirouette                                                    7

                  S A T B Pno. 38        pirouettedownstems         Pirouettedownstems        Pirouettedownstems            PirouettedownstemsPirouettedown                                        pirouettedownstemspirouettedown          PirouettedownPirouettedown             PirouettedownstemsPirouettedown         PirouPirouettedown                                                                          S A T B Pno.              Dancingdropletstwirl         Dancingdropletstwirl         dddddddd         dddddddd                                       40              pirouettedownstems         pirouettedownstems         dddddddd         dddddddd                                                  Dancingdropletstwirl         Dancingdropletstwirl         dddddddd         dddddddd                                          8

                                          S A T B Pno. 43       Pirouettedown     Pirouettedown                      Dancingdropletstwirl         Dancingdropletstwirl         dddddddd         dddddddd                                           Dancingdropletstwirl          Dancingdropletstwirl         dddddddd         dddddddd                                                                S A T B Pno. 46             AlongveinsAlongveins            AlongveinsAlongveins             AlongveinsAlongveins            AlongveinsAlongveins                                                 Alongveinsthatholdveinsthathold             Alongveinsthatholdveinsthathold             Alongveinsthatholdveinsthathold             Alongveinsthatholdveinsthathold                                        ----9

      S A T B Pno.     life      life      life             dddddddddddd                  48     Breathe    Breathe         ddddd            ddddddddd                           (breathy) (breathy)         S A T B Pno. 50     breath    breath            ddddddddd           dddddd                                      that    that           dddddd            ddddddddd                                    ord. ord.   smiles     smiles            ddddddddd           dddddd                               10

                              S A T B Pno. 53             dddddd            ddddddddd                                Slumbersinthe     Slumbersinthe               dddddddddd               dddddddddd                                                dark  dark             ddddddddd           dddddd                                  S A T B Pno. 56        dddd           dddddd        ddddd                                      ddddddddd           dddddd    Tendrilsof       Tendrilsof                          espress. espress. 57           dddddd            ddddddddd   dreamsse     dreamsse                   11

      S A T B Pno. 59            ddddddddd           dddddd  rene     rene                          dddddd            ddddddddd    We     We                             ddddddddd           dddddd   sleepem     sleepem                         S A T B Pno. 62           dddddd            ddddddddd    bracedbytheir       bracedbytheir                                 ddddddddd           dddddd   forest     forest                             dddddd            ddddddddd  roots     roots                  12

      S A T B Pno. 65            ddddddddd           dddddd                          dddddd            ddddddddd   forest     forest                                ddddddddd           dddddd  roots     roots                      S A T B Pno. 68           dddddd            ddddddddd                                       ddddddddd           dddddd  for     for                                            dddddd            ddddddddd  est     est                              13

                  S A T B Pno. 71            ddddddddd           dddddd  roots     roots                                          dddddd             ddddddddd                                      molto rit.                   S A T B Pno.      Monoliths      Monoliths      Monoliths      Monoliths                       Moltomaestoso  73                Monolithsofearth        Monolithsofearth        Monolithsofearth            Monolithsofearth                                      -14

                              S A T B Pno. 75           Treesareapreambletoe                Treesareapreambletoe         Treesareapreambletoe          Treesareapreambletoe                                                       ternitytoe            ternitytoe       ternitytoe     ternity                                        ternityTheir     ternity     ternity                 -      S A T B Pno. 78       rootssoentrenchedin       rootsentrenchedin     rootsentrenchedin   rootsin                              time.entrenchedin    intime.   time.   time.                      time.entrenchedin      rootssoentrenched   time.   time.               -15

      S A T B Pno. 81        time.soentrenchedin     time.in    time.in     time.in                      allargando  time.      Holding           Piumosso     82          lightHolding     intime.                    S A T B Pno. 84          lightHolding      intime.                         lightentrenchedin    intime.                time.  time.  time.   time.                          -16