Out of Reach

Out of Reach was first commissioned by Supertonic in 2018 and was premiered in Wellington, New Zealand by Supertonic and conductor Isaac Stone. The Bowling Green State University Women's Chorus later commissioned the work to be arranged for SSAA. 

There are two available versions of this score - one in F and one in F#. 

The text is from George Eliot's poem, I Am Lonely:

The world is great: the birds all fly from me,

The stars are golden fruit upon a tree

All out of reach: my little sister went,

And I am lonely.

The world is great: I tried to mount the hill

Above the pines, where the light lies so still,

But it rose higher: little Lisa went

And I am lonely.

The world is great: the wind comes rushing by.

I wonder where it comes from; sea birds cry

And hurt my heart: my little sister went,

And I am lonely.

The world is great: the people laugh and talk,

And make loud holiday: how fast they walk!

I'm lame, they push me: little Lisa went,

And I am lonely.