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Six Dickinson Settings     I.  II.  III.  IV.  V.  VI.
(total duration 15')
 
  VI. On This Wondrous Sea

for SATTBB Voices        duration 2½'

 

Commissioned by: Talisman,
Johnson Flucker, Director
World Premiere: 1987, St. Paul's Chapel, New York

Play Audio Excerpt
 The Los Angeles Chamber Singers,
Peter Rutenberg, Conductor (484k mp3)

First Page of Score



 
Text:
 
 
On this wondrous sea
Sailing silently,
Ho! Pilot, ho!
Knowest thou the Shore
Where no breakers roar –
Where the storm is o'er?

In the peaceful west
Many the sails at rest –
The anchors fast –
Thither I pilot thee –
Land Ho! Eternity!
Ashore at last!

             Emily Dickinson