Surely Some Revelation(summer/fall 2004) piano
duration: 12 minutes
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performed here by Emily Green right-click here to download mvt. I, here to download mvt. II, and here to download mvt. III (or hold the control key and click).
Surely some revelation...? was composed in the summer and fall of 2004. The title comes from The Second Coming, a poem by W.B Yeats. The powerful imagery of Yeats's poem, written around the time of World War I, resonated with my reactions during the late summer 2004 as I observed another complicated global conflict. Yeats's description of the End of Days is incredibly vivid, yet he doesn't give us the complete story, instead describing a situation pregnant with possibilities. I found a connection to my pieces in the dramatic arc of this poem: the poem's emotional intensity drives to an end that, instead of presenting an obliterating show of force, asks a question.
Click here for a full text version of The Second Coming.
