The Music of Lori Laitman, now available as PDFs
Beyond All Price (soprano and piano version, updated MARCH 2023)
SM-000351375
- Alternative title
- Hester's Lullaby
- Composer
- Lori Laitman
-
Lyricist
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David Mason
- Publisher
- Enchanted Knickers Music
- Genre
-
Classical / Aria
- Instrumentation
- Piano, Soprano
- Scored for
- Solo, Accompanying piano
- Type of score
- Piano-vocal score
- Duration
- 3'45"
- Language
- English
- Year of composition
- 2008
Description
At the end of Act I, Scene 2 of The Scarlet Letter, Hester is alone in her jail cell with her sleeping baby, having just been confronted by her estranged husband, whom she had until that day assumed was dead. This is the moment when her love for her daughter, Pearl, overwhelms her, and she vows to do everything in her power, despite the morality of her community and her husband's desire for revenge, to protect and nurture her child. (David Mason)