Autumn Days
Patrick Riley
About this work:
Setting of a short poem by Rainer Maria Rilke - "Lord, it is time, the summer was too long, Lay now thy shadow over the sun-dials and on the meadows let the winds blow free. Bid the last fruit ripen on the vine--Allow them still two friendly southern days to bring them to perfection and to force the final sweetness in the heavy wine, Who is alone now will be long alone, will awaken, read and write long letters, and thru the barren pathways up and down restlessly wander, when dead leaves are blown". Published by PDR Music (ASCAP). Score and parts available from Patrick Riley.
Year composed: 1998
Duration: 00:01:56
Ensemble type: Chorus, with or without Solo Voices:Chorus with Orchestra
Instrumentation: 1 S, 1 A, 1 T, 1 B