String Ensemble - Level 2 - Digital Download SKU: A0.846558 Composed by Chris Gordon. Arranged by Chris Gordon. 20th Century,Contemporary,Standards. Score and parts. 10 pages. Cool Wind Music Digital #2945995. Published by Cool Wind Music Digital (A0.846558). This is an arrangement for string sextet by Chris Gordon of his song, Presentiment, setting a short poem by Amercian poet, Emily Dickinson. The poem is about the feelings engendered by the lengthening shadows on a lawn at the close of a summer day.The song captures the languid, atmospheric nature of the poem, hinting at the underlying foreboding of the text. The song is dedicated to world-famous soprano, Lisa Larsson who, in 2015, premiered Alban Berg's original 'Ten Early Songs' which include three songs orchestrated by Chris Gordon - An Leukon*, Die Sorglichen and Schliesse mir die Augen beide.*An Leukon was performed by Renée Fleming with Alban Berg's 'Seven Early Songs' at a BBC Promenade Concert on 6 August 2007.
