Night Cadence (2014)

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NightCadence

Before we arebornanangelpressesafinger toourlips "Shush, forgetthesecretoftheessence ofyoursoul. Itisthe mysterythatyouwillchaseyourentire life. Itisthe scentthatyoucansmellinthedistance. Itisthe sweetperfumeyoulongtowear.

Wheredoesourlongingcomefromthatwakes usinthe night. The persistentpangthatin thedarkness sitsusupfromsleep. Wefeelitspresencelikeaghostwho istherebutwill notspeak. When we are aloneitcomeswithpryingfingersreachingforourdreams. Ourdreamsshimmerwith longing'sthrust. Oursoulswake tothem. Whatisthebeatofadream, The undertoneofpulse,a constantdrum. Whatisthetale ofadream, The wordsthatare barelysaid yetbreathe withaspiration. Andwhatisthetruthofourdreamswhenweare notreachingformorning. When ourspirits feelthemlikewaterover afall.

Somewhereinthedark, Inthe smoothsheetofsleep thatcoatstheairslatecool There isadeeppulse.

Somewhereinthedark, Inthe restlessgrindoftimethatturnsitsdreams There isaconstantrhythm.

Somewhereinthedark, Inthe deep wooded heartthatisverdantmoist There isabeckoningbeat.

Somewhereinthedark, Inthe rusticshadeoffaiththatholdsthe heatatbay There isasteadypace. There isastrokingwind.

Somewhereinthedark, Inthe dark, in thedarkwe canonlyfeel The nightcadence.

                        Soprano Alto Tenor Bass Piano  Be       Adagio Adagio       foreweare    Before           (chant-like) (chant-like) (for rehearsal purposes)   bornan    weareborn              angelpressesa     angelpresses                 fingertoour     fingertoour            1
NightCadence
                        S A T B Pno. 5  lips     toour            lips          "Shush,forgetthe       "Shush,forgetthe     "Shush,forgetthe     "Shush,forgetthe                      A A Unpocopiumosso    Unpocopiumosso  ord. ord.       secretoftheessence          secretoftheessence       secretoftheessence       secretoftheessence                                                              S A T B Pno. 9   ofyoursoul."    ofyoursoul."   ofyoursoul."     ofyoursoul."                Itisthe     Itisthe     Itisthe     Itisthe                           3 mysterythat      3 mysterythat      3 mysterythat      3 mysterythat      3      3      3      3 2
                                    S A T B Pno. 12        youwillchaseyourentire       youwillchaseyourentire       youwillchaseyourentire       youwillchaseyourentire                           life.  life.  life.    yourlife.           Itisthe     Itisthe     Itisthe                       scentthat   scentthat   scentthat     thescentthat                                    S A T B Pno. 16      youcansmellinthe     youcansmellinthe      youcansmellinthe     youcansmellinthe                     distance.    distance.   distance.   distance.               Itisthe      Itisthe     Itisthe     Itisthe                 -3
                              S A T B Pno. 19            sweetperfumeyoulongto          sweetperfumeyoulongto       sweetperfumeyoulongto       sweetperfumeyoulongto                                           wear.    wear.    wear.    wear.                       Wheredoesourlonging    Wheredoes  Where              B B  cantabile cantabile cantabile cantabile-            S A T B Pno. 22    comefrom       ourlongingcomefrom   comefrom                 thatwakesusinthe    Whereinthe    Whereinthe       thatwakesusinthe                    cantabile    night.Theper     night.Theper    night.Theper    night.Theper                       --4
            S A T B Pno. 25       sistentpangthatinthe    sistentpang       sistentpangthatinthe    sistentpang                       darknesssitsus       thedarknesssitsus     darknesssitsus     darknesssitsus                     upfromsleep.      upfromsleep.sitsus   upfromsleep.   upfromsleep.                 upfromsleep.We    upfromsleep.              --            S A T B Pno.  feel        Wefeelitspresence  feel         C C     sub. sub. sub. sub.    likelikea    likeaghost    likeaghost          ghost       whoistherebutwillnot     who willnot               willnotspeak.  speak.     willnotspeak.  speak.         5
            S A T B Pno. 33       Whenwearealoneit    Whenalone     Whenaloneit    Whenalone                      espress. espress. espress. espress. espress.        comeswithpryingfingers       comeswithpryingfingers       comeswithpryingfingers     comeswithfingers                            reachingforourdreams.      reachingforourdreams.      reachingforourdreams.      reachingforourdreams.                             Our                  -            S A T B Pno.     dreamsshimmerwith   ing's      dreamsshimmer             D D    longing'sthrust.      longing'sthrust.    longing'sthrust.     Our                        soulswake      soulswake      soulswake    soulswaketo                          waketothem.      waketothem.      waketothem.  them.                        -6
            S A T B Pno. 41    Whatisthe     Whatisthe      Whatisthe    Whatisthe                          beatofadream,The      beatofadream,The     beatofadream,      beatofadream,                            undertoneofpulse,     undertone     a    undertone                  E E          constantdrum.   constantdrum.    constantdrum.             -            S A T B Pno. 45    What    Whatisthe    taleisthe    Whatisthe                     isthetaleofadream,        taleofadream,The     Whatofadream,      taleofadream,                                 Thewordsthatarebarelysaid        wordsthatarebarelysaidyet      whatisthetruthofourdreams       whatisthetruthofour                               7
            S A T B Pno. 48         yetbreathewithaspiration.          breathewithaspiration.The      whatisthetruthofourdreams      dreamswhatisthetruthofour                                    Thewordsthatarebarelysaid        wordsthatarebarelysaidyet      whatisthetruthofourdreams       dreamswhatisthetruthofour                                                   S A T B Pno. 50         yetbreathewithaspiration.And        breathewithaspiration.And        what isthetruthofourdreamsAnd      dreamswhatisthetruthAnd                                  whatisthetruthofour             whatisthetruthofour     whatisthetruthofour     whatisthetruthofour                                 8
            S A T B Pno. 52   dreamswhen   dreamswhen   dreamswhen   dreamswhen               3 wearenotreachingfor       3 wearenotreachingfor      3 wearereachingfor      3 wearereachingfor       3       3      3        3   morning.    morning.      morning.   morning.                                               S A T B Pno. 55    whenour                  poco rit. poco rit.          spiritsfeelthemlike     spiritsfeel      spiritsfeel                      Freely   F F Freely      3 waterovera     waterover         waterover       3              rit. rit. 9
                        S A T B Pno.  fall.     fall.  fall.      Somewhereinthedark,  Somewhere           Menomosso G G   Menomosso sempre preciso              Somewhereinthedark,  Somewhere                   Somewhere     Somewhereinthedark        Solo      Somewhereinthedark,        Somewhereinthedark,  Somewhere             etherally----            S A T B Pno. 62    Inthe     Somewhere     Somewhereinthedark              smoothsheetof        Somewhereinthedark,  Somewhere               sleepthatcoatsthe     Somewhere     Somewhereinthedark              airslatecool     airslatecool       Somewhereinthedark,  Somewhere              ---10
            S A T B Pno. 66         Thereisadeep   Somewhere     Somewhereinthedark                         pulse.      Somewhereinthedark,  Somewhere                 Somewhere     Somewhereinthedark        Tutti        Somewhereinthedark,      Somewhereinthedark,       Somewhereinthedark,  Somewhere                  ----            S A T B Pno. 70    Inthe    Inthe    Somewhere     Somewhereinthedark                   restlessgrindoftimethat       restlessgrindoftimethat       Somewhereinthedark,  Somewhere                    
      restlessgrindthatturns    Somewhere     Somewhereinthedark                dreams    itsdreams      Thereisa      Somewhereinthedark,  Somewhere               --11
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            S A T B Pno. 74       constantrhythm.   Somewhere     Somewhereinthedark                  Inthe     Inthe        Somewhereinthedark,  Somewhere                        deepwoodedheart     deepwoodedheart     deepwooded      Somewhereinthedark,  Somewhere                    H H      thatis    thatis    woodedheart   Somewhere     Somewhereinthedark               -----            S A T B Pno. 78    verdantmoist    verdantmoist     Thereisa      Somewhereinthedark,  Somewhere                     Inthe    Inthe      beckoningbeat.   Somewhere     Somewhereinthedark                      rusticshadeoffaith      rusticshadeoffaith      rusticshadeof      Somewhereinthedark,  Somewhere                            thatholdstheheatat       thatholdstheheatat       faiththatholdstheheatat   Somewhere      Somewhereinthedark                          -12
            S A T B Pno. 82  bay  bay       bayThereisasteady      Somewhereinthedark,  Somewhere                    Inthe     Inthe     pace.Inthe   Somewhere     Somewhereinthedark                            deepwoodedheart     deepwoodedheart     deepwoodedheart      Somewhereinthedark,  Somewhere                   I I     thatis    thatis    thatis   Somewhere     Somewhereinthedark              ---            S A T B Pno. 86    verdantmoist    verdantmoist    verdantmoist      Somewhereinthedark,  Somewhere                    Inthe     Inthe    Inthe   Somewhere     Somewhereinthedark                      sub. sub. sub. sub. sub.       rusticshadeoffaiththat       rusticshadeoffaiththat       rusticshadeoffaiththat      Somewhereinthedark,  Somewhere                               holdstheheatatbay      holdstheheatatbay      holdstheheatatbay   Somewhere     Somewhereinthedark                       --13
            S A T B Pno. 90     There   ThereThere       Thereisastroking      Somewhereinthedark,  Somewhere                                      Thereisastroking     isastroking    wind.There  Some  Some                        dim poco a poco dim poco a poco dim poco a poco dim poco a poco dim poco a poco     wind.   wind.There      isastrokingwind.  where  where                            isastrokingwind.    strokingwind.                  rit. rit.--                  S A T B Pno.  Some      Somewhereinthedark   Somewhere   Somewhere   Somewhere               J J     Atempo Atempo semplice e lontano semplice e lontano semplice e lontano semplice e lontano   where      wecanonlyfeel   Somewhere   Somewhere   Somewhere                Some      Somewhereinthedark   Somewhere   Somewhere   Somewhere                where      wecanonlyfeel   Somewhere   Somewhere   Somewhere              14
            S A T B Pno. 98  Some      Somewhereinthedark   Somewhere   Somewhere   Somewhere                   whereThenight      wecanonlyfeel   Somewhere   Somewhere   Somewhere                      cadence.      Somewhereinthedark   Somewhere   Somewhere   Somewhere                     Thenight      wecanonlyfeel   Somewhere   Somewhere   Somewhere                   --            S A T B Pno. 102   cadence.      Somewhereinthedark   Somewhere   Somewhere   Somewhere                     Thenight      wecanonlyfeel   Somewhere   Somewhere   Somewhere                     cadence.      Somewhereinthedark   Somewhere   Somewhere   Somewhere               -15
            S A T B Pno. 105      Thenight      wecanonlyfeel   Somewhere   Somewhere   Somewhere                      cadence.      Somewhereinthedark   Somewhere   Somewhere   Somewhere                morendo morendo morendo morendo morendo            -      16

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