| |
For alto, guitar (with optional flute and cello)
Title by uploader: Letter to Lydia – alto, guitar (with optional flute and cello)
Instrumentation |
Flute, Cello, Contralto, Countertenor, Classical guitar |
Type of score |
Full score, Parts |
Publisher |
David W Solomons |
Language |
English |
Difficulty |
Medium |
Duration |
3'30 |
The poet, David Andrew, is writing as he considers the future his daughter will make for herself.
The sound sample is a live vocal performance against electronic versions of the instruments
The pdf file contains score and parts.
The song can also be performed without the flute and cello.
"You have your own dreaming,
I cannot follow where another mind sums up the quiet arithmetic of the day.
Growing there, where none can reach you,
making of the going days the stuff of yourself.
I can only watch, remembering in you
the art of empty tomorrows, written all over with impulse.
Nor can I tell how many times you will fall;
only be there to help you survive your desires.
Oh I will spend with you ev'ry wish as you go the long way through sorrow
for you can only find for yourself
how the magic arithmetic suddenly adds up.
Now time will come for you soon enough ;
the day wake in your eyes.
So sleep as long as you can,
gathering there the necessary and private ways
of enduring. "
A "modernised" version for soprano, bass guitar, electric guitar and keyboard is also available on this site.
For soprano, bass, electric guitar, keyboard
Title by uploader: Letter to Lydia – soprano, bass, electric guitar, keyboard
Instrumentation |
Electric guitar, Bass guitar, Soprano, Keyboard |
Type of score |
Full score, Parts |
Publisher |
David W Solomons |
Language |
English |
Difficulty |
Medium |
Duration |
3'38 |
Year of composition |
2003 |
Genre |
Pop/Song |
A "modernized" version of Letter to Lydia, arranged originally for a New Zealand group "Chocolate Ice". The poet, David Andrew is writing to his daughter Lydia considering how she is viewing her future.
The original version, with a live performance by the composer, (for alto, flute, classical guitar and cello) and other versions are also available on this site.
The sound sample here is an electronic preview, since Chocolate Ice broke up before they had a chance to play it.
The pdf file contains score and parts
For clarinet, flute, cello and guitar
Title by uploader: Letter to Lydia for clarinet, flute, cello and guitar
Instrumentation |
Flute, Clarinet, Cello, Classical guitar |
Scored for |
Quartet |
Type of score |
Full score, Parts |
Publisher |
David W Solomons |
Difficulty |
Easy |
Duration |
3'45 |
Year of composition |
2015 |
Genre |
Classical/Instrumental |
Instrumental version of my song based on a poem by David Andrew
The sound sample is an electronic preview
The pdf file contains score and parts
The poem is as follows:
"You have your own dreaming,
I cannot follow where another mind sums up the quiet arithmetic of the day.
Growing there, where none can reach you,
making of the going days the stuff of yourself.
I can only watch, remembering in you
the art of empty tomorrows, written all over with impulse.
Nor can I tell how many times you will fall;
only be there to help you survive your desires.
Oh I will spend with you ev'ry wish as you go the long way through sorrow
for you can only find for yourself
how the magic arithmetic suddenly adds up.
Now time will come for you soon enough ;
the day wake in your eyes.
So sleep as long as you can,
gathering there the necessary and private ways
of enduring. "
For cor anglais, flute, cello and guitar
Title by uploader: Letter to Lydia for cor anglais, flute, cello and guitar
Instrumentation |
Flute, Cor anglais, Cello, Classical guitar |
Scored for |
Quartet |
Type of score |
Full score, Parts |
Publisher |
David W Solomons |
Difficulty |
Easy |
Duration |
3'45 |
Year of composition |
2015 |
Genre |
Classical/Instrumental |
Instrumental version of my song based on a poem by David Andrew
The sound sample is an electronic preview
The pdf file contains score and parts
The poem is as follows:
"You have your own dreaming,
I cannot follow where another mind sums up the quiet arithmetic of the day.
Growing there, where none can reach you,
making of the going days the stuff of yourself.
I can only watch, remembering in you
the art of empty tomorrows, written all over with impulse.
Nor can I tell how many times you will fall;
only be there to help you survive your desires.
Oh I will spend with you ev'ry wish as you go the long way through sorrow
for you can only find for yourself
how the magic arithmetic suddenly adds up.
Now time will come for you soon enough ;
the day wake in your eyes.
So sleep as long as you can,
gathering there the necessary and private ways
of enduring. "
For viola, flute, cello and guitar
Title by uploader: Letter to Lydia for viola, flute, cello and guitar
Instrumentation |
Flute, Viola, Cello, Classical guitar |
Scored for |
Quartet |
Type of score |
Full score, Parts |
Publisher |
David W Solomons |
Difficulty |
Easy |
Duration |
3'45 |
Year of composition |
2015 |
Genre |
Classical/Instrumental |
Instrumental version of my song based on a poem by David Andrew
The sound sample is an electronic preview
The pdf file contains score and parts
The poem is as follows:
"You have your own dreaming,
I cannot follow where another mind sums up the quiet arithmetic of the day.
Growing there, where none can reach you,
making of the going days the stuff of yourself.
I can only watch, remembering in you
the art of empty tomorrows, written all over with impulse.
Nor can I tell how many times you will fall;
only be there to help you survive your desires.
Oh I will spend with you ev'ry wish as you go the long way through sorrow
for you can only find for yourself
how the magic arithmetic suddenly adds up.
Now time will come for you soon enough ;
the day wake in your eyes.
So sleep as long as you can,
gathering there the necessary and private ways
of enduring. "
|
Scores 5
- For alto, guitar (with optional flute and cello)
- For soprano, bass, electric guitar, keyboard
- For clarinet, flute, cello and guitar
- For cor anglais, flute, cello and guitar
- For viola, flute, cello and guitar
|
|