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Duration: 16:50
The Milwaukee Children's Choir and Present Music
Commissioned by Present Music with generous support from Ronald Jacquart. Presented with support from a MetLife Creative Connections Award from Meet the Composer.
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When I was commissioned by Present Music and the Milwaukee Children’s Choir to write a new work for their annual Thanksgiving concert, it reminded me that the lives of composers are often exceptionally self-centered. Of course, over the years I have relied (sometimes heavily) on help from loved ones, acquaintances, and strangers; it’s probably time for me to thank them.
The title of Quando consurgam? (“When shall I arise?”) comes from Job 7:4. The text, which is in Latin, is drawn entirely from the book of Job, a source that surprises many people. To me, this story of unwarranted punishment and unbridled destruction offers no answers to life’s great questions, but it does remind me of the fragility and tenuousness of everything we have. It’s a reminder to be thankful for what we have as long as we have it.
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