23 May Dopey and The Moon
children’s chorus SATB [8′] 2010.
Commissioner: Viva Youth Singers
Funder: Viva Youth Singers
Premiere: Viva Youth Singers, Trinity-St.Pauls, Toronto, May 16, 2010.
Text: Dennis Lee
Program note:
These two songs for children’s chorus draw on the beloved Canadian poet Dennis Lee’s works for children — Garbage Delight — and adults — Yesno, creating a world which acknowledges distance and pessimism, but also hope and possibility.
The Moon (from Garbage Delight, 1977)
“I see the moon and the moon sees me
And nobody sees as secretly…”
Dopey (from Yesno, 2007)
“…mind to the
grindstone, ear to the plough.
Hi-
Hoein along with a song:
What home but here? Whose grubby hands but ours?”