Keane Southard
Lamentation for
String Orchestra
(2019) (Duration: c. 8 mins.)
Program notes: Lamentation is a string orchestra arrangement I made in January 2019 of my Jesus Wept for SATB choir, which I had composed the year before. It is a setting of the shortest verse in the King James Version of the Bible (John 11:35) which consists of just the two words of choral work's title. I removed the verse from its original context in order to suggest that Jesus weeps for all the suffering that humankind has inflicted on our planet, other beings, and ourselves despite his teaching us to love others as we love ourselves. This is a lamentation for our collective suffering as a result of our failures to see every place as sacred, everywhere as our home, and everyone as our brothers and sisters. Keane Southard 2019
Performance instructions: 1. Glissandi in this piece are very important. All glissandi should last the entire duration and move at a steady velocity. If anything, the glissandi should be over-emphasized. 2. Double Basses that do not have the low C extension should automatically play notes that are out of their range an octave higher than written, except when notes in parentheses are given. All basses without the low C extension should play all notes in parentheses while all basses with the extension play the non-parenthetical notes. 3. Tenuto marks (-) over notes indicate more weight/stress on the note and does not indicate space to be placed in between that note and the next (unless the tenuto is combined with a staccato).
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Lamentation
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©2019
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Keane Southard
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