Songs of Becoming, an Art Song Cycle for Voice and Chamber Orchestra
I. As we grow, we bend
By Daniel De Togni
Text by Daniel De Togni
I. As we grow, we bend
We all start as a small seed
buried in dirt
waiting to sprout
to make wings
to take flight.
As we grow we reach our hands toward the sun
We entangle ourselves with others
we lose track of which leaves are ours
caught up in the bigger picture
not seeing the trees for the forest,
We see the forest for the trees.
We all sprout from the small pit
clasped from the fruit of others.
Growing is breaking
breaking is growing
breaking out/breaking in
breaking in two
breaking into a thousand pieces
each remaining in certain moments of our lives
As we grow we bend
As we grow we break.
PERSONNEL
Voice - Anna Sophia Jones
Conductor - Daniel De Togni
Piano - Camila Osses
Flute - Kami Curtis
Bb Clarinet - Tyus Diaz
Bass Clarinet - Jacob Gatlin
Alto Saxophone - Jonathan Deysher
Bassoon - Lora Butcher
Euphonium - Monivann Lep
Percussion - Simon Podsiadlik and Mateo Peláez
Violin - Abraham Martinez and Levana Xu
Viola - Paulina Casas
Cello - Daniel Ebner
Bass - Lucas Alba
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