Melted Into Dreams – Carol Barnett

Composer: Carol Barnett Text by: William Shakespeare Instrumentation: SSSAAATTTBBB choir Duration: Approx. 5 minutes Date Written:  2001 Composer’s note:  This setting of Shakespeare’s iconic text transitions from Prospero’s valedictory speech to images of towers and palaces that are built and dissolved within extended phrases. At the end, the voices divide into 12 parts, shimmering in a myriad of colors. Melted into Dreams was written thanks to the Commissioning Club of the Choral Arts Ensemble of Rochester, MN, Rick Kvam, director. (Commissioning Club members include Joseph & Lois Duffy, Randall & Marcia Edson, Tom & Lynne Gaffey, Andrew & Alison Good, Mary Ellen Malkasian, John & Joyce Penniston, Ed & Jayne Pompeian, and David & Jane Toft.)  The work was premiered by the Choral Arts Ensemble on March 24, 2001, at Christ United Methodist Church, Rochester, MN. Texts Our revels now are ended: these our actors…were all spirits andAre melted into air, into th