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Jake Runestad
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The Peace of Wild Things
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When despair for the world grows in me and I wake in the night at the least sound in fear of what my life and my children’s lives may be, I go and lie down where the wood drake rests in his beauty on the water, and the great heron feeds. I come into the peace of wild things who do not tax their lives with forethought of grief. I come into the presence of still water. And I feel above me the day-blind stars waiting with their light. For a time I rest in the grace of the world, and am free.
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Copyright © 2012 by Wendell Berry from New Collected Poems. Used by permission of Counterpoint Press.
! ! Performance Time c. 4:30 ! ! Commissioning Ensemble ! Young New Yorkers’ Chorus. Michael Kerschner, conductor. ! ! About the Composer !
Award-winning composer Jake Runestad (b. 1986) is noted for his versatility and wide range of expressive capabilities with music driven by soaring melodies, driving rhythms, and lush textures.
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Mr. Runestad has received numerous commissions and performances from ensembles and organizations such as the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra, Seraphic Fire, the Dayton Philharmonic Orchestra, VocalEssence, Cantus, the Master Chorale of Tampa Bay, the National Lutheran Choir, and the Baltimore Choral Arts Society.
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Jake Runestad holds a Master’s degree in composition from the Peabody Conservatory of the Johns Hopkins University where he studied with Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Kevin Puts. He has also studied extensively with acclaimed composer Libby Larsen. Mr. Runestad’s music is published by Boosey & Hawkes and JR Music.
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Commissioned by the Young New Yorkers' Chorus. Michael Kerschner, conductor.
The Peace of Wild Things Wendell Berry (b. 1934)
Jake Runestad (b. 1986)
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Copyright © 2013 Jake Runestad (ASCAP). "The Peace of Wild Things" © 2012 by Wendell Berry. Used by permission of Counterpoint. All rights reserved. International copyright secured.
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10 S.
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T.
B.
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free.
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molto rit.
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73
w
a s u r
molto rit.
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w
Œ
dim. poco a poco
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w
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w
w
w w
free.
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free.
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mp
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w
free,
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mp
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dim. al niente
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