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Nicholas Wright
‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers (314) Emily Dickinson for SATB Chorus and piano
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The Composer: Nicholas Wright (b. 1991) Nicholas (Nick) regularly contributes to works of vocal and instrumental music as a performer, conductor, composer, arranger, and orchestrator and has performed in venues such as Carnegie Hall in New York; the World Expo in Shanghai, China; and India’s most sacred performance space, Kalakshetra. Nick currently lives in Cincinnati, OH where he is an arranger and producer for ACappellaPsych, LLC — a full service a cappella production company. Since 2008, he has written for scholastic and professional ensembles around the world. Performance notes from the composer ‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers (314) is one of the best known poems by American poet, Emily Dickinson. I was drawn to this poem not for its fame, but for the dynamic and imaginative language that underlies it. The poem is an extended metaphor, likening the concept of hope to a bird that is permanently perched in the souls of each and every one of us. There it sings, never once stopping in its quest to inspire.
Nicholas Wright September, 2018 The Poem: ‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers (314) by Emily Dickinson, 1830-1886 ‘Hope’ is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul And sings the tune without the words And never stops - at all -
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And sweetest - in the Gale - is heard And sore must be the storm That could abash the little Bird That kept so many warm I’ve heard it in the chillest land And on the strangest Sea Yet - never - in Extremity, It asked a crumb - of me.
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'Hope' is the thing with feathers (314) for SATB Chorus and piano
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