Binnette Lipper (1939-2016)
Prayer on the Threshold of Tomorrow
Year: 1999
Duration (in minutes): 10'39;
Difficulty: Medium (college/community)
Category: larger chamber ensembles - more than 4 players, solo voice(s) with chamber ensemble
Instruments: any female voice, any high voice, any low voice, any male voice, any medium voice, any string, any voice, any woodwind, bass voice, cello, flute, mezzo soprano, piano, soprano, tenor voice
Description: Written for SATB Choir, flute, cello and piano.
Based on a poem (1915) by Armenian poet laureate, Vahan Tekeyan (tr. from Armenian by D. Der Hovanessian)
Premiere, April 22, 2001, Moscow, Queen Catherine Palace Concert Hall, Tsarytsyna Ensemble;
Armenian premiere, June 18, 2001, Yerevan, Gomidas Halle, Sorgente Ensemble