"I Will Arise"

from the opera, Healing
for bass/baritone and piano (or 8-piece ensemble) 1986
by Sally Reid, composer, ASCAP


Program Notes:

This aria is taken from the opera, Healing, (Scene 6) based on a libretto by Chris Willerton. The time is 1910. Suffering from heart disease, John Skye nears the end of a robust life which ranged from the Montana frontier to Walll STreet. The aria takes place in the dream of Skye's physician, Dr. Allison James. She labors to save him from death, but Skye's joyous soul stands apart and sings of his release in "I Will Arise and Go Now."

Selected Performance History:

• March 6, 1993 - Performance of the bass aria I Will Arise at Abilene Composers' Concert, Hardin-Simmons University.
• October 2, 1986 - Performance of I Will Arise by Charles Nelson during a Recital of Original Works by Sally Reid at Abilene Christian University in Abilene, TX.
• September, 1986 - Premiére performance of I Will Arise (piano reduction) by Charles Nelson, basso.

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"I Will Arise," from the chamber opera, Healing