Jens Klimek

Arcturus

three songs for female choir (SSAA) and piano

based on poems by Emily Dickinson

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Dedicated to and premiered by Vokalkreis des Telemann-Konservatoriums

Magdeburg and its choral director Lothar Hennig.

I

I never saw a moor;I never saw the sea,Yet know I how the heather looksAnd what a billow be.

I never spoke with God, Nor visited in heaven. Yet certain am I of the spot As if the checks were given.

II

Nobody knows this little Rose—

It might a pilgrim be Did I not take it from the ways And lift it up to thee. Only a Bee will miss it—

Only a Butterfly, Hastening from far journey—

On its breast to lie—

Only a Bird will wonder—

Only a Breeze will sigh—

Ah Little Rose—

how easy For such as thee to die!

III

"Nature" is what we see—

The Hill—the Afternoon—

Squirrel—Eclipse— the Bumble bee—

Nay—Nature is Heaven—

Nature is what we hear—

The Bobolink—the Sea—

Thunder—the Cricket—

Nay—Nature is Harmony—

Nature is what we know—

Yet have no art to say—

So impotent Our Wisdom is To her Simplicity. .

SOPRANO I

SOPRANO II

ALTO I

ALTO II

PIANO

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words by

Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)

music by

Jens Klimek (1984)

Arcturusfor female choir (SSAA) and piano

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I never saw a moor

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sea,hea ven,

YetYet

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knowcer

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howam

aI

heaof

therthe

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sea,hea ven,

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knowcer

Itain

howam

aI

heaof

therthe

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knowcer

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SOPRANO I

SOPRANO II

ALTO I

ALTO II

PIANO

No

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bo dy knows this litt le rose,

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might a

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Did

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I not take it from the ways,

pil grim be,

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lift it

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words by

Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)

II

Nobody knows this little rose

music by

Jens Klimek (1984)

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On

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ly a bee will miss it,

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On

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ly a bee will miss it,

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On

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ly a bee will miss it,

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up to thee. On

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ly a bee will miss it,

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On ly a but ter fly, Has

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te ning from far

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On ly a but ter fly, Has

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te ning from far

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SOPRANO I

SOPRANO II

ALTO I

ALTO II

PIANO

"Na

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ture" is what we see,

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ture" is what we see,

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The Hill, the Af ter noon, Squir rel E

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The Hill, the Af ter noon, Squir rel E

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The Hill, the Af ter noon, Squir rel E

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words by

Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)

III

"Nature" is what we see

music by

Jens Klimek (1984)

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clipse the Bum ble bee,

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Na ture is

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ven, Na ture is what we hear,

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ven, Na ture is what we hear,

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know, Yet

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