Composer: Ruth AlonDetailsFormat: Mixed Choir - 4 voicesVoicing: SATBIncidental Divisi: S, A, T, BSolo Requirements: Aleatoric individual voice partAccompaniment: unaccompaniedNotation: standard & non-standard elementsNon-standard Notational Elements: Aleatoric passagesPerformance Length: 4:30 Study Scores & Audio FilesStudy Score & Audio Order Printed ScoresOrder site / Alternate source of score: ruth.alon@gmail.com Texts & TranslationsLanguage(s): HebrewText Source: Zadok AlonText: שְׁתֵּי כַּפּוֹת יָדַיִם נוֹעֲדוּ לֶאֱחֹז אֶת הַלַּיְלָה אַף שֶׁאֵין בְּכֹחָן לִמְנֹעַ אֶת בְּקִיעָתוֹ שֶׁל אוֹר הַיּוֹם. לְעִתִּים הַפְּגִישָׁה עִם הַנּוֹגְעִים בַּלַּיְלָה מַקְהָה אֶת צַעֲרִי עַל שֶׁאֵינִי נוֹגֵעַ בַּלַּיְלָה בְּעַצְמִי Translation: Two hands Were meant to hold the night Though it’s not within their power to prevent The break of dawn Sometimes The meet with the night touchers Blunts my sorrow Of not touching the night Myself Programming AidsPerformance Difficulty: moderateDescriptive Terms: philosophynightHebrewlightdarknessAllow Excerpts: Composition is a single movement Additional InformationDate of Completion: December, 2018Date of First Performance: Saturday, May 18, 2019Premier Performance Data: Cecilia Ensemble, Israel Conservatory of Music, Tel Aviv Israel
