De Rerum Natura (2019)

• Orchestra
(2 fl [II dbl picc], 2 ob [II dbl corA], 2 cl (I dbl E-flat cl, II dbl bs cl), 2 bsn [II dbl contra], 4 hn, 3 tpt, 3 tbn, tuba, timp, perc, hp, strings),
Baritone voice and SATB choir. [Latin] 31′

―by Dean Crocker

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A setting of selected texts from the poem by Lucretius.

I. Science & Superstition
Æneadum genetrix, hominum divomque voluptas,
Alma Venus, cæeli subter labentia signa
Quæ mare navigerum, quæ terras frugiferentis
Concelebras…
Quas ob res, ubi viderimus, nil posse creari
De nihilo: tum, quod sequimur, iam rectius inde
Perspiciemus; et unde queat res pqæque creari;
Et quo quæque modo fiant opera sine divom.

II. The Atomic Theory
Instrumental

III. The Eulogy on Epicurus
Ipse Epicurus obit decurso lumine vitæ
Qui genus humanum ingenio superavit, et omnis
Restinxit, stellas exortus ut æthereus sol…

IV. The Origin of Music
At liquidas auium voces imitarier ore
Ante fuit multo, quam levia carmina cantu
Concelebrare homines possent, auris que iuvare…

—Titus Lucretius Carus (fl. early 1st century BCE)

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