The Cuckoo and the Moon
Click on "play" to listen to the first 2' of Clouds, which is available as a stand alone work or as part of The Cuckoo and the Moon. This recording is by the University of Texas at San Antonio Concert Choir, John Silatien, conductor.
Instrumentation: SATB Chorus
Year Composed: 2004
Duration: 15 minutes
Text by: Matsuo Basho (translated by Harold G. Henderson; text is in English)
Pages: 29
Movements:
I. Clouds*
II. The Cuckoo’s Song
III. The Cuckoo
IV. Bamboo Grove
V. Where the Cuckoo Flies
VI. The Harvest Moon
*Clouds is also available as a stand alone work.
How to get it: Contact David Heuser directly
Texts:
I. Clouds
Clouds come from time to time
to bring to men a chance to rest
from looking at the Moon.
II. The Cuckoo’s Song
As the cuckoo flies,
its singing stretches out:
upon the water lies.
III. The Cuckoo
Little gray cuckoo:
sing and sing; and fly and fly –
Oh, so much to do!
IV. Bamboo Grove
Song of the cuckoo:
in the grove of great bamboos,
moonlight seeping through.
V. Where the Cuckoo Flies
Where the cuckoo flies
till it is lost to sight – out there
a lone island lies.
VI. The Harvest Moon
Harvest moon:
around the pond I wander
and the night is gone.
