"An October Garden" [Julian Wachner]

"An October Garden" [Julian Wachner]

First line of lyrics: In my Autumn garden I was fain

Wachner, Julian; music (American, born 1969)

Rossetti, Christina Georgina; text (English, 1830-1894)

2016 [publication]

E.C. Schirmer Music Company

genre: choral music|song|song cycle

chorus: SATB voices with divisi

instrumentation: flute|clarinet|piano|double bass

initial sharps/flats: no sharps or flats

initial time signature: 7/4

origin: United States

male composer

English

Rossetti poem(s): "An October Garden"

Place in the larger work: The third song of four in the song cycle called "An October Garden," settings of Christina Rossetti poems. The songs include 1. "Spring"; 2. "A Summer Wish"; 3. "An October Garden"; 4. "Winter Rain: My Secret."

Composition history: "An October Garden was commissioned by The Washington Master Chorale, Thomas Colohan, music director with support from The National Endowment for the Arts."

Performance instructions: "Gently and softly"

Performance history: "An October Garden had its New York premiere last April [2016] with Wachner leading the Washington Master Chorale Chamber Choir with NOVUS NY in Carnegie’s Weill Recital Hall" ("An October Garden"). Another 2016 performance of the song cycle by Downtown Voices and Stephen Sands, conductor. YouTube, https://youtu.be/DTzhT1BCQ50. Accessed 21 February 2022.

Format 1: musical score

Other data reference(s): "An October Garden." Julian Wachner, http://www.julianwachner.com/events/an_october_garden. Accessed 22 February 2022.

Cataloguer: Emily McConkey, University of Ottawa

This score is copyright protected. A score can be consulted here: "An October Garden." J.W. Pepper, https://www.jwpepper.com/An-October-Garden/10663221.item#/submit. Accessed 23 February 2022.

Record: CRM-winterrain-wachner

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