Seeing the pictures from the choir's visit to the Oklahoma City Memorial gave me pause. Even though this tragedy happened 17 years ago -the remembrance, unease, and pain surprised me like a gasp. I realized that that the immediacy of "now" is universal. The reality of now is true - so fresh that it can not be spun or altered. Sometimes a composer traps that now in the notes of his composition - the notes so real, the ache so fresh that when it comes off the page it's "now" all over again. Howell's "Take Him Earth for Cherishing" is just such a piece.
Tuesday, October 9, 2012
Now
Seeing the pictures from the choir's visit to the Oklahoma City Memorial gave me pause. Even though this tragedy happened 17 years ago -the remembrance, unease, and pain surprised me like a gasp. I realized that that the immediacy of "now" is universal. The reality of now is true - so fresh that it can not be spun or altered. Sometimes a composer traps that now in the notes of his composition - the notes so real, the ache so fresh that when it comes off the page it's "now" all over again. Howell's "Take Him Earth for Cherishing" is just such a piece.
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