Luminous Under Venus
Choral
Instrumentation: SATB, piano, cello
Duration: 4:30
Premiered by Kimberly High School Concert Choir (Kimberly, Wisconsin) and conducted by John Popke.
Text:
The deep cold comes, and even the great
pond is frozen, dusted with snow,
luminous under Venus, the moon,
suburban lights on the dark hills.
The cold wind has blown over and over
it, and now it is still, my mind,
frozen, determined, and still the wind
shrieks. Let there be no end of it.
by Richard Thomas Moore