On The Death Of Anne Brontë (with text by Charlotte Brontë) by Yuting Tan

Live recording of performance at Griswold Hall, Peabody Conservatory, October 2014. Composed in 2014.
Chen Zhangyi, Conductor
Rebecca Roy, Mezzo-Soprano
Ping-Hsin Wu, Flute
Yi-Hsien Chen, Clarinet
Gabriel Lee, Violin
Minzo Kim, Cello
Lin Hengyue, Piano

There's little joy in life for me,
And little terror in the grave;
I 've lived the parting hour to see
Of one I would have died to save.

Calmly to watch the failing breath,
Wishing each sigh might be the last;
Longing to see the shade of death
O'er those belovèd features cast.

The cloud, the stillness that must part
The darling of my life from me;
And then to thank God from my heart,
To thank Him well and fervently;

Although I knew that we had lost
The hope and glory of our life;
And now, benighted, tempest-tossed,
Must bear alone the weary strife.