‘About the Work The lyries for Tundra were written by Charles Anthony Silvestri, specifically for this work. | asked him write a text based on the title, and some photos of a part of my native Norway that is very dearto me: the Hardangervidda mountain plateau. I's pretty close to where my father grew up, a ski resort town calleg Geilo, in the mountains between Oslo and Bergen. This area is quite barren, and intensely beautiful. It is easy to feel that you are treading on sacred tang which Tony so wonderfully expresses in his text: Wide, wor and weathered, ‘Sacred expanse (Of green and white and granite grey, ‘Snowy patches strewn, ‘Anchored tothe craggy earth, Unmoving: While clouds dance ‘Across the vast, etemal sky. Tundra (2010) was commissioned by and dedicated to the ACDA Women's R&S Commissioning Consortium/Debra Spurgeon, National Chair Performance Notes | always recommend performing Tundra with the optional string quartet (or string ensemble) parts, but the piece was written with only choir and piano in mind at first, so the strings are more of an extra bonus, ¢ Eonditions allow for it. The litle soprano solos scattered around the piece are meant more as colorings, an obligato, than a melodic focal point, -Oa Gjeilo ‘To hear a full-length recording of Tundra, please visit the Walton Music website at www waltonmusic.com Duration: Approx. 3:30 About the Composer la Gijeilo was born in Norway in 1978, and moved to New York in 2001 to study composition at the Juilliard School. He is the composer of over 30 published works, which are performed all around the world. Ola's debut recording as a_pianist-composer, the lyrical crossover album Stone Rose, was released 10 eftical acclaim in 2007 on the 2L label. It's available at amazon.com and iTunes, Presently a fulltime composer based in Santa Monica, CA, Ola is also an avid sports and movie fan. For more information, please visit ww.olagiello.com Walton Choral works by Ola Geilo To Order WLGIs1 Gloria SEAR, piano Shands HLOB50 1680 wwise Sanctus SSAATTBB Chor, a cappella HL08501675, Ww1400 — Unicamis Captivatur SATB divisi Choir a cappelia HL08501679 WW1386 Ubi Cartas SATB Choir, a cappelia HL08501634 WWw13%3 Ubi Cartas SSAA Choi. a cappella HL0850167 Wwi4i8 Ubi Caritas TTBB Choir, a cappella HHL0850170t WIMS1093 Prelude SATB divsi Choir a cappella HLoss0164@ WW1375 Nii Dominus SATB divsi Choir a cappella HL08501580, WW1352 Hark! a Herald Voice Is Caling SATB divsi Choir, a cappella, HL08501568 WwW1817 Tota Pulahra Es SATB divisi Choir, a cappella HH108501700 WWi831 The Spheres fom Sunise Mass SATB divisi Chor, a cappella ¥HL08501725, WW1447 —_Northem Lights ‘SATB a cappella HL08501748 W486 Agnus Det Phoenix SSAATTBB a cappella HL09501742 WW1459 Tundra SSAA, Soprano Solo, Piano HL08501766 WW1459A Tundra Full Score, Piano & String Quartet +HL08501794 WW'460. The Ground tom Suniso ass SATB dvisi, Piano HLoBsot774 WW1460A The Ground Full Score, Piano, String Quartet H1.08501796 WW1463 Dark Night Of The Sout ‘SSAATTBB, piano & String Quartet +HL.08601791 WWI1463A Dark Night OF The Soul Full Score, Opt! String Parts contact: ifo@watonmuse" Walton Music Corporation Gunilla Lubof, PublisherCommissioned by and dei to 3 the ACDA Women's RES Commision Consortium, Debra Spurgeot, Nation Char TUNDRA For SSAA Chorus, Soprano Solo with Piano and Optional String Quartet (or Ensemble) Lyricsty Masiy CHARLES a. sievestat OLA pet 1.66 spn [== Soprano2 Copyright © 2011 Walton Music Corp, International Copyright Secured. Made in US.A. All rights reserved. wwrewallonmusiccom