Song of the Night (Nilo Alcala) premiered by "The Esoterics" (dir: Eric Banks)

Winner, 2009 POLYPHONOS Young Composer Award
Music, Nilo Alcala
Text: Mevlana Jala ad-Din Rumi
English Translation: Anna and Adam Czerniawscy

Premiered:
Oct. 17, 2009
St. Joseph's Catholic Church
732 18th Avenue E, Seattle

Oct. 18, 2009
Holy Rosary Catholic Church
4139 42nd Avenue Southwest, West Seattle



Oh, do not sleep friend, through this night. 
You a soul, while we are suffring through this night 
Banish slumber from your eyes! 
The great secret is revealed in this night. 
You are Jove in the high heavens, 
Round heavns starry dome you circle in this night! 
Like an eagle fly above! 
Now a hero is your soul in this night. 
Such a quiet, others sleep 
I and God alone together in this night! 
What a roar! Joy arises,  
Truth with gleaming wing is shining in this night! 

Do not sleep friend, 
If I slumbered until sunrise, 
I should never, never see this night again! 
Thorough fares on earth are silent. 
There behold the starry roads of this night. 
Leo, Orion, 
Sagittarius and the Virgin blood‐red gleam through this night. 
Saturn binds with fateful powers, 
Venus floats in golden rain through this night. 
Silence binds my tongue with fetters, 
But I speak though tongueless in this night!

Category:

Music

Tags:

• The Esoterics
• Eric Banks
• Seattle
• Nilo Alcala
• choir
• choral
• contemporary music
• 21st Century music
• Filipino composer
• ACDA

[i9l2y1m8a8t3]

bravo! looking forward to your choral compositions, would love to hear more!

[alcalanilo]

thank you

[mderups]

as a filipino, i'm very proud of your works sir nilo. i've become a very big fan and have been following all I could find of madz's performances on youtube especially the ones with your compositions. thank you for putting the Philippines on the spotlight for art music. i'm a nurse working overseas and watching your videos make me more than at home. I wonder if you have already released a cd of your works like dayo dayo kupita and kaisaisa niyan because i would really love to buy one.

[alcalanilo]

salamat :) I'm glad you enjoyed 'bagbagto', more so because it became part of your choir's musical growth :)