A Cricket Sang and Set the Sun - Blake Tyson

3/10/2024 - Mary Moody Northen Hall - WTAMU
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This is a piece that has been on my bucket list for a while, and I perchance bought it at TMEA. It came coincidentally at a rather adverse time, and it's certainly been a help at easing things for me. I learned and memorized it within two days and have been cleaning on-and-off before having an opportunity to record it here during spring break. It's been a great exercise for my Steven's grip (which is rather mediocre) and overall just a very enriching piece of music. I hope everyone enjoys!

"This work takes its title from an Emily Dickinson poem that begins, "The cricket sang, And set the sun." When I read these words, I was moved by the powerful ideas they evoked. It was not just the image of a beautiful and slowly shifting sunset that struck me, but the idea that something so small could affect something so large, that a cricket's song could transform day into night. Although the piece is not directly based on the poem, I have tried to capture the sense of fascination, inspiration and beauty that these opening lines create."
~ Blake Tyson

Performed on a Marimba One instrument
Malletech Blake Tyson 9/16/16/22 (S-M-M-H)

Filmed on an iPhone 13 Mini
Audio from a Zoom Q2n

Sunset video:
   • Summer Sunset With Crickets and Birds...