Out of Reach

SATB + piano - 4'30''

Out of Reach - performed by Supertonic with director Isaac Stone.

Out of Reach was commissioned by Isaac Stone in 2018 along with two other works, each setting a poem by George Eliot. Out of Reach is the second piece in the set. This piece is available as an SATB or SSAA arrangement.

Out of Reach is based on George Eliot's poem, The World is Great:

The world is great!
The birds 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.

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