New SSAA work by Daniel E Gawthrop premiered by Manhattan Girls Chorus

“When the Night Is Gone” by Daniel E Gawthrop has just been premiered by the Manhattan Girls Chorus under the direction of Michelle Oesterle. See and hear this stunning performance here:

It’s available here: SSAA – When the Night Is Gone

The text:

Be not afraid, dear love, of this the night; 
All nights have ending, every dawn is sure. 
Think not that with one snuffing of the light 
Day dies forever. Worlds and suns endure. 
Because your eyes can see no color where 
The dark has dimmed the garden into gray, 
Are roses duller, or the scarlet flare 
Of wind-blown poppies cooler than by day? 
The world is all unchanged and will again 
Gleam golden to the sun. Nor will these hours 
When darkness veils all color, and your pain 
Gathers the incandescence of white flowers, 
Be all ungrateful to remember when 
The night is gone and day relumed again.

Dorothy Tait (1902?-1972)