Rising for viola

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Notes

I met a violist at a Worcester gig who told me that “Still I Rise” by Maya Angelou was her favorite poem. I was moved by its power and so wrote this, in four sections, reminiscent of a Bach Suite.

The section titles are related to sections of  the poem:

1. Rising from the dust
2. Rising like the tides
3. Rising in the face of your dismay
4. Rising from dust to dreams

This version for viola is the original version. I’ve also adapted Rising for cello.

Part of the Poetry-Inspired Music collection

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Listen to an MP3 audio file, created with virtual orchestra sounds, including East West Quantum Leap and Native Instruments Kontakt 3.