Afterword (2020)
6 minutes 30 seconds
for a cappella SATB
Commissioned by the Australian Vocal Ensemble.
First performance by the Australian Vocal Ensemble on April 10th 2021 at Queensland Conservatorium, Brisbane.
Released on the album 'Tumbling Like Stars', 2023
Poetry by David Malouf. Used with permission.
Available in a version for SATB choir. Please contact the composer.
6 minutes 30 seconds
for a cappella SATB
Commissioned by the Australian Vocal Ensemble.
First performance by the Australian Vocal Ensemble on April 10th 2021 at Queensland Conservatorium, Brisbane.
Released on the album 'Tumbling Like Stars', 2023
Poetry by David Malouf. Used with permission.
Available in a version for SATB choir. Please contact the composer.
Afterword
by David Malouf
After a whole day pressed
by crowds, the close, the loud
lives, some of them those
of loved ones or ones
nearly loved, the joy
of finding you here, embodied
silence I need not fill,
at ease after the roads
you've travelled and with just
a trace on your skin,
in the scent you give off, of what
you bring me, the light
you'll pour into my mouth
of fields where on the way
you rested. But not
tonight, you say,
not yet your smile assures me.
We are alone. No need between us
for speech. Take
your time. Eat the last
of the apple. Finish your wine.
by David Malouf
After a whole day pressed
by crowds, the close, the loud
lives, some of them those
of loved ones or ones
nearly loved, the joy
of finding you here, embodied
silence I need not fill,
at ease after the roads
you've travelled and with just
a trace on your skin,
in the scent you give off, of what
you bring me, the light
you'll pour into my mouth
of fields where on the way
you rested. But not
tonight, you say,
not yet your smile assures me.
We are alone. No need between us
for speech. Take
your time. Eat the last
of the apple. Finish your wine.
