Farah (Joy) (2023)
Music by Daniel Bernard Roumain (DBR)
Words by Marc Bamuthi Joseph

Instrumentation: 2 flutes, piccolo, 2 oboes, English horn, 2 clarinets, bass clarinet, 2 bassoons, contrabassoon, 4 horns, 3 trumpets, 2 tenor trombones, bass trombone, tuba, timpani, 3 percussion [suspended cymbal, floor toms (2), bongos (2), vibraphone, tubular bells, snare drum, suspended cymbal, roto-toms (3), glockenspiel, bass drum, tubular bells], vocalist (range: Bb4 to Bb6), violin I, violin II, viola, cello, contrabass

Length: 11 mins
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COMPOSER’S NOTE:
Working with the brilliant librettist Marc Bamuthi Joseph , we both agreed we wanted to center joy. After years of creating work that centered protest (with a clenched fist and determined mind) , we felt it was time to create work that centered our proclamations for the people and places that we love — and to do this with an open hand and a determined heart. Farah means ‘joy' in Arabic, and the very first words of Bamuthi’s libretto speaks to us directly: "Remember me a Black girl named for Joy, oriented forward toward an eastern star. " 
-DBR

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