In Perfect Light (SATB a cappella)

IN PERFECT LIGHT SATB a cappella

Duration 5 mins

music by Juhi Bansal, text by Sarah Williams (from The Old Astronomer)

Though my soul will set in darkness, it will rise in perfect light.

I have loved the stars too fondly to be fearful of the night. adapted from The Old Astronomer by Sarah Williams (English, 19th Century)

Copyright Š2019 by Juhi Bansal Music All rights reserved

juhibansalcomposer@gmail.com www.juhibansal.com

In Perfect Light Text by Sarah Williams

 p SOPRANO       

soul



will



set









BASS

For rehearsal only Piano

 S.

7 7    

Though

A.

T.

B.

 

set

in

soul



in

dark

-

ness,

dark

-

ness,

 



 

my

     Though





will







 

my

soul

will

set

in

dark

-

ness,

-

ness,

p



 







 

Though

my

soul

will

set

in

dark

   

Slow, h = 50-60 Gentle, serene

         





  

 

     







  



my

soul



will



set









set

in

    





in

  dark

-

ness,

dark

-

ness,

 



   

my

   Though





will







 

my

soul

will

set

in

dark

-

ness,

-

ness,

    7      

soul

 

(long)

 



p

 

Though

Though

Pno.



 

Though

p

TENOR



my

p



 

(long)



Though

ALTO

Music by Juhi Bansal

Slow, h = 50-60 Gentle, serene



 







 

my

soul

will

set

in

dark

 

    

 

  

 



     

         

2

S.

12 12    

Though

 

A.

T.

B.





my

soul

will



set







will



set

in







 

will

set

in





soul

will

set

Though

my

   Though





my

soul

   



Though

soul



my

12   



 

Pno.





    



in

 

 

dark

-

ness,

dark

-

ness,

dark

ness,



 

-

in

dark

-

ness,

 



  

 















 

     

     

     



S.

17 17   

it



A.

T.

B.

Pno.



 it

   it   it

17      



will



mf



rise

mf





in





per



will

rise

in

per



mf







will

rise

in

per



mf

will

rise



 





  mf





in

per

  

  

-

-

-



 





 





 



fect

fect

fect

 -

fect

  

light.

light.

light.

 light.

   

 



    

21

p



Though

p



my





Though

my

p





Though

my

p





Though

my



21  p



 



   



 

in

dark

22

S.

soul

A.

T.

B.





soul

   soul

    

soul

Pno.

        



will



set

 





will



set

in

dark







 

will

set

in

dark







 

will

set

in

dark

 

-

it

will

 

 it



will

 





ness,

it

will

 





ness,

it

will

ness,

-

-





ness,

     

 

  

  -

3

26 

26   

     

  

   f   27

S.

rise

    f

A.

T.

B.



in

per





rise

in

per

f     rise





in

per





in

per



f     rise

     Pno.



     f

 

-

-



 

fect

light.



 

fect

 -

light.



fect

  light.



 

fect

light.

 

 

 

  



-



  

30

p



Though



my

soul



will



p





my

soul



will









my

soul

will

Though

p

Though



p

Though



 



my

soul

will

30 







p



    





4

  

 

32

S.



set



A.

T.

B.

Pno.





in



set

in

dark

   set



 

in

dark



 

in

dark

  

set

  

    

per

T.

B.

   per    

per

    Pno.

   

     



  

per

A.

 





(long) ff

 



37

S.

dark

-

fect

light. (long) ff

fect

fect

fect

   

-

 

it

will

rise







in

ness,

it

will

rise

in

 





 



ness,

it

will

rise

 





 

in

ness,

it

will

rise

ness,

35 

    

39 

 

  I

loved,

have

 in

 

  

 



f



 





mf











 

mp



  I

  

    -

-



light. (long) ff

 -

-

 

35 

 

 -

-



 





light. (long) ff

  



mf

 



I

loved,

have



have

   



light.

       

(long)

 

ff

39 







f





  mf







mp



 

    42

S.

A.





   



p

    





   

  

p cresc.



 

 p

I







the

stars

 





 





loved

 

too



  

 







have

loved

the

stars

too

 

   

 

 

  

  



stars

too

 









 



too

the

p cresc.

p

loved



  





stars

p cresc.

 43  



the

have

I



loved

 







I

5

have

p cresc.

 



have loved

    Pno.

have

I

mp

B.

I





loved.

T.

43 p cresc.   

 

        46

S.

fond

A.

B.

     fond

    

fond

      Pno.

-

    fond

T.



f

f

      

-

 -

-

 -

-

 -

-

 

 

   

48 cresc.  

  



   



ly,

I

ly,



ly,

         

 I

ly,

   

cresc.







have

loved

the

stars

 







have

loved

the

stars



 have





I

 

cresc.

too



  

 







I

have

loved

the

stars

too

 

   

 

 

  

 

 

  



stars

too

 







cresc.

 

too



cresc.

loved

 

the

48    



 

6

      

 

(soprano ossia)

51

S.

ff

     

fond

ff



  -

fond

-

-



fond ff

T.

-

     fond

 

-

-

 

B.

fond

      Pno.

  

S.

of

A.

T.



-

B.



 



 

Pno.

the

night.

of

the

night

   of





the

night







the

night

  



  

  



 



  



   



   



ly,

         



  

  

ly,

-



ly,

ly,

-

-



of

-



-

 

  





ly,



      

55

-

-

ff



-

-

ff

    

-

-

ff

A.

-

  -

   

-

  



 

   



 



 





 







to

be

fear

ff sempre







to

be

fear

ff sempre







to

be

fear

ff sempre







to

be

fear







 

    





ff sempre



 

ff sempre

    

      

 58 ff



I

 

 

have

 

ful

 -

ful

 -

ful

 -

ful



 

f



loved

f



   I



-

 

rit.





have

loved









58 rit.  



ff







f





7

a tempo

   60

S.

A.

T.

B.



 

 

 

 mf

 

62

mp

have

loved

the

stars





have



loved



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stars

too

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





I

have

loved

stars

too

mp



 

the







I

have

loved

the

stars

too





 



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I

mp





I

have



 



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mp

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loved

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

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I

have loved

mp

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I

mf

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

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too



a tempo

  Pno.





 



 

mf

mp



    

 

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    65

S.

fond

A.

  fond

T.

B.

   fond

    

fond

Pno.

-

      



67 

ly

to

be

fear







 -

-

-





ly

to

be

fear







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ly

to

be

fear







ly

to

be



fear

   

67    

  

   

-

-

-

-







ful

of

the



ful



of



the







ful

of

the







ful

of

the

   

  

  

8

S. Solo

 

72 A tempo

molto rit.

70

 p

S.

   p

A.

night.

 

   

night.

  

p

T.

   night.

    p

B.







Gentle, serene



     pp  

      



pp

 I

      

   75

S. Solo

S.

A.

  

stars



stars

T.

B.

   stars

    

stars

Pno.

      

have



 have



 





loved

the



stars

     



 

loved

the

loved



pp





have

loved

the

 I

pp







 



have

loved

the

 



















too

fond

  

79   -

ly





too

fond







too

fond



ly,





too

fond

ly,

I

too

 

 -



fond

   

ly,



-

ly,

  











the







have

 72            pp

 

loved

A tempo Gentle, serene

 



p



I

I

molto rit.







I

night.

Pno.

Solo soprano pp



  I

 I

 79    

 I

 

S. Solo

Solo soprano ossia

    I

S.

A.



 have

 

loved



 

loved



B.

Pno.



loved

   have    

have

   

   

S. Solo

fond

S.

  ly

A.

   ly

T.

B.

   ly

    ly

Pno.

    



-

ly

 









loved

the

stars

    

 

   

86 



 



 



stars



85

 



to



 



fear



to

be

fear



to



be



fear







to

be

fear







to

be

fear

 86      

  

  

     

   

 

-

fond





too

fond



-

too

fond

-

too

fond

-

 

   



ppp

ful

of

the

night, ppp







 

ful

of

the

-



ful



of



the







ful

of

the







ful

of

the

night,

  

  



   

-



-



-

-

too

too







too













  

be





stars

stars

the



 

stars



stars



the

loved





the



have

T.

loved the



have











9

night, ppp



  

night, ppp







night, ppp



ppp



 



91

10

    90

S. Solo

S.

A.

B.

 

  

  

  

  

T.



 

 

Slow, deliberate (ppp)







to

be

fear







be

fear

(ppp)

to

-

-



ful

of

the

night.







 

ful

of

the

night.





ful

of

the

 

night.







 

ful

of

the

night.







 

ful

of

the

night.

  





(ppp)



  

 





to

be

fear

(ppp)







to

be

fear

(ppp)







to

be

fear

-

-

-

 







91

Pno.

      

    

Slow, deliberate

 (ppp)  

  

  





      