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Continuum
Staff Notation • Secular, Laments
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Continuum by Kathryn Rose — Lyrics
I miss you when roots waken to spring rain
and more when summer penetrates the land
though friends still tell me time will ease my pain.
When grave earth flares to lively green again
and stareyed lovers walk, quick hand in hand,
I miss you when roots waken to spring rain.
As winds force leafless poplars to complain,
your death brought grief: I cannot understand
when friends insist that time will ease my pain.
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About Continuum
Kathryn Rose’s Continuum opens with a gentle, shimmering texture in the SATB choir, building to richer harmonies that reflect the text’s profound sense of loss. This secular lament, set in English, explores enduring grief, even as the natural world moves through its cycles of renewal. The words poignantly express a longing that persists through changing seasons and the well-meaning assurances of friends that time will heal. The music captures the bittersweet contrast between external life and internal sorrow, with moments of warmth giving way to a deep, resonant ache. Rose’s setting of this intricate poem is both intimate and expansive, offering a powerful exploration of memory and absence.
