SAT and chamber ensemble. Recorded at Stony Brook University, April 18, 2017.
Howie Kenty: music, lyrics, and conductor
Alison Rowe: soprano
Flannery Cunningham: alto
Joseph Sferra: tenor
Eric Schultz: clarinet
Raissa Fahlman: bass clarinet
Eric Lemmon: viola
Phuc Phan Do: cello
Gilberto Guajardo: bass
A Dark Train in a Dead Station portrays an elderly woman looking back on her life, thinking about things she regrets having done, and more tragically, regretting things she never did. But the question, now, is what to do with a late, unexpected opportunity...
LYRICS:
Two more weeks is a long time to wait.
Two more weeks is a long time to wait.
Another ten months is a long time to wait.
But now is impossible, impossible.
I’m only interludes and echoes...
Twelve years is a long time to wait.
Thirty six years is a long time to wait.
Eighty three years is a long time to wait.
Eighty three years is a long time to wait.
So when? So when? So when?
I regret things done, and undone.
I regret my caution.
I regret false dress worn for others.
I regret waiting, waiting...
But now there's a dark train at this dead station.
What when the doors finally open, and the visitor signals?
What's to be lost?
What is it to be lost, to be lost?
Eighty three years is a long time to wait.
(I'm only interludes and echoes…)
Eighty three years is a long time to wait.
Full score:
http://hwarg.com/content/score/h_kenty-a_dark_train_in_a_dead_station_ensemble_version_full_score.pdf
