Composer: Reginald UnterseherDetailsFormat: Mixed Choir - 5 voices or moreVoicing: SSAATTBB-SSAATTBBSolo Requirements: S (2), A (2), T, B (2)Accompaniment: unaccompaniedNotation: standardPerformance Length: 5:18 Study Scores & Audio FilesStudy Score & Audio Order Printed ScoresOrder site / Alternate source of score: www.reginaldunterseher.com Texts & TranslationsLanguage(s): EnglishText Source: Kathleen FlennikenText: [turn back] [death] [horizon to horizon] [bedrock to sky] [death] [river] [indecipherable] [death] [dust] [eyes] [father and mother] [love?] [indecipherable] [horizon to horizon] [bedrock to sky] [plume/cloud] [indecipherable] [death] [blooming] [generations] [indecipherable] [embrace (reaching out?)(pushing away?)] [time passing] [planet (or atom?)] [traveler] [death] [turn back] Kathleen Flenniken from Plume, University of Washington Press, 2012, used by permission Programming AidsDescriptive Terms: environmentfuturenuclear wasteYucca MountainAllow Excerpts: Composition is a single movementComposer’s Notes: This poem is a representation of the experience, in a theoretical future, of coming upon a monument marking a spot where nuclear waste has been buried. With materials that can be dangerous for up to 10,000 years, the monument has to take in to account changes in language, potential collapse of civilization and loss of historical information, needs to be made from materials that will not deteriorate and use symbols that remain clear across time and culture. Additional InformationDate of Completion: January, 2013Date of First Performance: Friday, February 21, 2014Premier Performance Data: Mid-Columbia Mastersingers (Justin Raffa, cond), St. Joseph's Chapel, Kennewick, WA
