Description
With her usual flair for masterfully combining voices and instruments, Hagen’s “A Thank You Note to the Universe” is like a miniaturized, one-movement symphony for chorus, piano, and flute. The combined musical forces are whisked together as a single expression, greater than the sum of their parts. The piano arpeggiates with washes of color and harmonic support while the flute dances above, virtuosic and serene. The choral timbres are blended brilliantly to communicate a unified message:, “Thank you…”.
Performed by Abilene High School Choir
Text
last night i whispered
a thank you note to the universe
for it made oceans and stars
equally beautiful and accessible
for all of us; I breathe the same air
as the people I love and the people I lose
the particles of their existence are still
surrounding me and this is how loneliness
doesn’t know how to find me alone
{a thank you note to the universe}
– By Noor Unnahar, from yesterday i was the moon