Moon 2018

Composition (circa 8 minutes) for soprano, percussion (vibraphone and crotales), and cello

Poem by Emily Dickinson

Premiered April 21, 2018 at Mills Gallery, Boston, MA, a featured performance included in Interstellar Sanctuary

Performers:
Sonja Tengblad – soprano
Jonathan Hess – percussion
Javier Caballero – cello

Moon – Excerpt 1:

Moon – Excerpt 2:

Lighting by John Powell

Text: The Moon was but a Chin of Gold by Emily Dickinson c. 1863:

The Moon was but a Chin of Gold
A Night or two ago—
And now she turns Her perfect Face
Upon the World below—

Her Forehead is of Amplest Blonde—
Her Cheek—a Beryl hewn—
Her Eye unto the Summer Dew
The likest I have known—

Her Lips of Amber never part—
But what must be the smile
Upon Her Friend she could confer
Were such Her Silver Will—

And what a privilege to be
But the remotest Star—
For Certainty She take Her Way
Beside Your Palace Door—

Her Bonnet is the Firmament—
The Universe—Her Shoe—
The Stars—the Trinkets at Her Belt—
Her Dimities—of Blue—

— Emily Dickinson