HOLD FAST TO DREAMS (1998)

OVERVIEW

Dave Brubeck has taken the words of the great poet and philosopher Langston Hughes and created a wonderful, upbeat choral work, Hold Fast To Dreams. It can provide a lighter musical moment on even the heaviest concert program.

DETAILS

(1998) 60 min.

Hold Fast To Dreams (1998)

I. In the Time of Silver Rain
II. The Dream Keeper
III. Dreams
IV. Dream Dust
V. Tell Me
VI. To Sit and Dream
VII. Dare
VIII. Wisdom
IX. Final Curve
X. Dreamer
XI. Heaven
XII. Dream of Freedom
XIII. Boogie 1 A.M.

INSTRUMENTATION

SATB choir
Baritone solo (XII. Dream of Freedom)
Piano

MUSIC

Dave Brubeck

TEXT

Langston Hughes

COMMISSION

Commissioned by the Trenton Children’s Chorus and The Choirs for Children and Youth of Nassau Presbyterian Church, Princeton, NJ; Sue Ellen Page, conductor.

PREMIERE

October 10, 1998, at Richardson Auditorium, Princeton University.

PURCHASE & LICENSING

For more information contact Derry@BrubeckMusic.com