In The Purple Chill (At Sunrise) SATB A Cappella - level 4+
In The Purple Chill (At Sunrise) SATB A Cappella - level 4+
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"In The Purple Chill" is a level 4+ piece for SATB a cappella choir. It is an excellent work for high school, college, and strong community choirs. It is one of three pieces from a collection using texts by Bliss William Carman (1861 - 1929).
Carman’s poem, “At Sunrise” (1922) beautifully paints the picture of the sun rising with all of its colors and glory, taking over the stars in silence, as a new day is being created with all of its hope and splendor. However, the full arrival of the day comes with pointed sorrows as the splendors of the sunrise must gray and disappear. The piece is set using shimmering harmonic colors to create a sense of peace and hopefulness for the new day, and a tinge of sadness as the sunrise fades. The title is extracted from the first line of the poem: “Now the stars have faded in the purple chill.”
At Sunrise - Poem by Bliss William Carman
Now the stars have faded
In the purple chill,
Lo, the sun is kindling
On the eastern hill.
Tree by tree the forest
Takes the golden tinge,
As the shafts of glory
Pierce the summit's fringe.
Rock by rock the ledges
Take the rosy sheen,
As the tide of splendor
Floods the dark ravine.
Like a shining angel
At my cabin door,
Shod with hope and silence,
Day is come once more.
Then, as if in sorrow
That you are not here,
All his magic beauties
Gray and disappear.