Composer: Norman MathewsDetailsFormat: Mixed Choir - 4 voicesVoicing: SATBAccompaniment: obbligato instrument(s)Instrumentation: pianooboeNotation: standardPerformance Length: 4:12 Study Scores & Audio FilesStudy Score & Audio Order Printed ScoresOrder site / Alternate source of score: www.normanmathews.com Texts & TranslationsLanguage(s): EnglishText Source: William ShakespeareText: Is it thy will thy image should keep open My heavy eyelids to the weary night? Dost thou desire my slumbers should be broken, While shadows, like to thee, do mock my sight? Is it thy spirit that thou send’st from thee So far from home, into my deeds to pry; To find out shames and idle hours in me, The scope and tenor of thy jealousy? O no! thy love, though much, is not so great; It is my love that keeps mine eye awake; Mine own true love that doth my rest defeat, To play the watchman ever for thy sake: For thee watch I, whilst thou dost wake elsewhere, From me far off, with others all-too-near. Programming AidsPerformance Difficulty: difficultDescriptive Terms: dreamsinsomnialongingloveShakespearesonnetAllow Excerpts: Composition is a single movement Additional InformationDate of Completion: December, 2009Date of First Performance: Saturday, February 19, 2011Premier Performance Data: VocalEssence (Philip Brunelle, cond), Sundin Music Hall, St. Paul, MN