Last Silent Noël

(FLUTE CHOIR) Composer Jeanie Murrow writes, "My mother, Mary Helen Novak, died 3 days before Christmas in 2016; it was unexpected. My father Daniel Novak, died a year later on December 26, the day after Christmas. In this piece, the opening motif is Mom calling to Dad from Heaven, to come join her; throughout the piece she continues to prod him with that starting motif. Her Christmas song is Silent Night. He answers her with The First Noel, indicating that he would like just one more Christmas with loved ones. Finally, they both sleep in Heavenly Peace." Also available for concert band, string orchestra, woodwind quintet, clarinet choir, and solo piano.

Premiered December 2023 by Flutissimo, Veronica Mascaro, conductor, Fort Worth, Texas.

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