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Lori Laitman

The Music of Lori Laitman, now available as PDFs

The Apple Orchard (baritone/piano version, priced for 2 copies)

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Composer
Lori Laitman
Arranger
Lori Laitman
Lyricist
Dana Gioia
Publisher
Enchanted Knickers Music
Genre
Classical / Song
Instrumentation
Piano, Baritone
Scored for
Solo, Accompanying piano
Type of score
Piano-vocal score
Key
A flat major
Duration
3'46"
Language
English
Difficulty
Medium
Year of composition
2004

Description
I composed "The Apple Orchard" in 2004, to a poem by Dana Gioia. I was drawn to the poem's dramatic arc as well as the beautiful image of "Spring's ephemeral cathedral." Unlike most of my songs, this one begins and ends in the same key and uses the same piano figuration throughout. Dana Gioia said " With 'The Apple Orchard' something extraordinary happened. Lori Laitman's setting is so perfect that it seems to have emerged naturally from the words as is the music had always been hidden in the lines. Every nuance of her setting seems absolutely inevitable...And the song is so suave, so beautiful — somehow both understated and dramatic."
The sound clip is from my "Becoming a Redwood" CD, and I am accompanying tenor Robert McPherson.

Upload date
28.02.2012

Price

Sheet music file
10.00 USD
PDF, 3.32 Mb (13 p.)

Comments

Lori Laitman
15.02.2018
Thank you so much, Joseph - just seeing your comment in 2018!

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