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The Park on Sunday
Jazz/Vocal • 2005 • Lyricist: Stanley Solomons • Alternative Title: Sunday in the park
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For mixed choir or for men's voices
Title by uploader: The Park on Sunday for men's voices
Instrumentation |
Male choir |
Scored for |
Choir |
Type of score |
Vocal score |
Publisher |
David W Solomons |
Language |
English |
Difficulty |
Medium |
Duration |
4'10 |
Setting of a poem by my father Stanley N Solomons evoking a hot day in our dear old park, with gentle jazzy humour.
A version for SSATB (mixed choir) is also available on this site
The sound sample is sung (multitracking) by the composer.
For mixed choir (SSATB)
Title by uploader: The Park on Sunday for mixed choir (SSATB)
Instrumentation |
Mixed choir |
Scored for |
Choir |
Type of score |
Vocal score |
Publisher |
David W Solomons |
Language |
English |
Difficulty |
Medium |
Duration |
4'20 |
Year of composition |
2015 |
Genre |
Classical/Crossover |
Description of our dear old park on a hot day with a light swing. This version for mixed choir is transposed from the original men's voices version (also available).
The poem is by my father Stanley N Solomons
The sound sample is a live performance by Composer's Choir in New York
Poem:
The air is heavy this afternoon,
Weighs heavily upon the mind
And the heat, semi translucent,
Presses against the slate blue sky,
Tactile as a membrane,
Bulging like cling film over
The pulsing microwave
Of our dear old Park.
And Time is slow and viscous.
And scattered haphazard
On the path and grass,
Objects, people, and colours
Have a surreal identity.
The grass is greener,
Sounds more strident,
People perfect samples,
Everything in your face.
And Time is slow and viscous
Little old ladies
With short white curly hair
Take short light genteel steps
Into their Third Age.
Old gaffers with shiny pates,
Moustache akimbo,
And spine welded stiff,
Recalling how they used to march
In their lost past.
And Time is slow and viscous
Families spread untidily
And ungainly upon the grass,
With fat pink ideal babies
Squirming and cooing.
And fat pink young mothers,
Posing and dozing.
Floating and flirting girls,
Golf ball muscled boyos
Showing off to them,
Showing off their talents
To the talent.
And Time is slow and viscous
In our dear old Park
(c) S N Solomons
For wind quintet
Title by uploader: The Park on Sunday for wind quintet
Instrumentation |
Flute, Clarinet, Bassoon, Oboe, Horn |
Scored for |
Quintet |
Type of score |
Full score, Parts |
Publisher |
David W Solomons |
Difficulty |
Medium |
Duration |
4'15 |
Year of composition |
2015 |
Genre |
Classical/Crossover |
A leisurely walk through the park on a very hot day with a gentle swing. This was originally written for choir based on words by my father (the choral versions are also available on this site).
In the choral version I just instructed the singers to "swing" the quavers, but I decided to write out the "swings" in full triplet form for this instrumental version for better clarification (since there is no conductor).
The pdf contains score and parts.
The sound sample is an electronic preview.
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