Sunshine Music

for chamber orchestra

12[1.Eh]11 — 1000 — Str

  1. Sunshine in the Dooryard:
    Homage to a melody by David Paul Mesler
  2. Sunshine in the City
  3. Sunshine in the Mountains

Duration: Approx. Ten Minutes

Listen to demo recording

"A Summer Painting" by Edward B. Gordon

Sunshine Music was composed in 2011 for the Pacifica Chamber Orchestra under Fred Chu. The premiere performance is scheduled for 3 pm on Sunday, January 22, 2012, at the First Presbyterian Church, 2936 Rockefeller Avenue, Everett, Washington.

Sunshine Music is a single movement, in three sections, performed without a break. Part One, Sunshine in the Dooryard, is an homage to a melody by David Paul Mesler from his song setting of the Walt Whitman poem When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd. Part Two, Sunshine in the City, is a bright and cheery depiction of urban experience, while Part Three, Sunshine in the Mountains, derives from Song of the Mountains, the composer's choral setting of text by American naturalist John Muir.

Performance History

Premiere January 22, 2012, by the Pacifica Chamber Orchestra, Fred Chu conducting, First Presbyterian Church, Everett, Washington.


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