Christopher Cerrone — The Branch Will Not Break (live at Northwestern University)

The Branch Will Not Break, for chamber choir and 10 instruments

I. Lying in a Hammock at William Duffy’s Farm in Pine Island, Minnesota (0:00)
II. Two Horses Playing in the Orchard (03:15)
III. Two Hangovers, Number One (5:29)
IV. From a Bus Window in Central Ohio, Just Before a Thunder Shower (9:20)
V. Having Lost My Sons, I Confront The Wreckage Of The Moon: Christmas, 1960 (10:34)
VI. Two Hangovers, Number Two: I Try to Waken and Greet the World Once Again (14:01)
VII. A Blessing

Composed by Christopher Cerrone
Poems by James Wright

Performed by the Bienen Contemporary/Early Music Ensemble Concert at Northwestern University on February 2, 2020, Donald Nally, conductor

Recording available for purchase from New Amsterdam Records https://cerrone.bandcamp.com/album/th...
Score and parts available for purchase from Project Schott New York:
https://www.eamdc.com/psny/composers/...

More information about the work:
http://christophercerrone.com/the-bra...

“Lying in a Hammock at William Duffy’s Farm in Pine Island, Minnesota”, “From a Bus Window in Central Ohio, Just Before a Thunder Shower”, “A Blessing”, “Two Horses Playing in the Orchard”, “Two Hangovers”, and “Having Lost My Sons, I Confront the Wreckage of the Moon: Christmas, 1960” from The Branch Will Not Break © 1963 by James Wright. Reprinted with permission of Wesleyan University Press.