SATB w. piano accompaniment duration 5′
COMING SOON:
“Planet Earth Lullaby” underscores the fragile state of our natural world and the importance of preserving it. It is a climate change warning and call to action. The note duration pattern heard (in various ways) throughout this work is the internationally recognized distress signal, the Morse Code sequence for SOS: 3 short, 3 long, 3 short ( . . . – – – . . . ). It collapses when the chorus sings of “catastrophic climate collapse.” The SOS sequence then returns, transformed into longer durations, calling for renewed attention and devotion to our environment.
Commissioned by the Glass Menagerie Chorus, Susan Glass, director. World premiere April 27, 2025.
