teatime in the jungle
Written by Nathaniel Jenkins
Produced, Mixed and Mastered by Nat Jenkins

artwork: Konrad Rauscher

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teatime in the jungle

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Turn: in five movements, for choir and chamber orchestra
Composed in 2017
Performed by LUVME (Lehigh University's Very Modern Ensemble) on May 8, 2017
Conducted by Nat Jenkins

Texts:

Mvmt III

It took a little time to get where I wanted; 
   took a little time to get free

It took a little time to to be honest;
   took a little time to be me

Beauty in darkness has illuminated;
    acquaintance with cold from heat stimulated.

And after it all, 
I merely long for a day that doesn’t stall; 
        one that I’ll recall

And as I hedge my bets to prevent regrets,
in hope of greener grass, on a side that is mine,
        what do I leave behind?

Wisdom is, after all, experiential;
seasoning that transcends the turn of the sunned dial

Time won’t wait, and I’ve already left the gate;
carrier of a defining weight: a life that will satiate.

- Konrad Rauscher

Free as the wind 
Yet easily wasted 
What was once was elusive 
I feel me chase it

24, 7, 365 
It's a constant battle that I fight with time 
Quick, slow down, I'm losing my breath 
What I want to do I haven't done yet 

You creep, you crept
What am I to do 
You set the rules so 
I guess I must follow you

- Corey Ross

three minutes
waiting, pacing, standing 
with 
two minutes
to spare
one minute
i walk, then jog, then sprint, then run 
pulse racing 
zero
finger brush the cool metal
small contact, glimpse of Paradise
Lost in a breath
always ahead, always behind 
yet still the Train passes by

- Olivia Jenkins

Mvmt IV

To separate and pull apart 
To reconcile the human heart 
The empty spaces, empty chairs
To recollect when we were there 

And there comes here in dim-lit haze 
And there is where we are today
And there is yet so far away 
I stand speechless. 

So let the silence sing the song 
And let the absence ask “How long?” 
And let the dream stand in between 
What is and what is yet to be

I saw you standing in the hall 
Your face in Spring, and Summer, Fall 
When Winter cracked the husk fell back 
The unseen seed, the unheard call 

Uncertainty to guide me home, 
I stand in awe of the unknown.  
And I, and we, and she will groan 
Till Spring reveals what seed was sown

Like waves upon unsettled shore
Like tears that fall to fall no more 
The crocus speaks of what’s in store
Return, to what you were before

Kernel… all

- Matt Kay

Mvmt V

Nouu limaow shienah, posithou vindur.
Nouu fórst, sheinah darsk vindur.

Used by permission.

Turn: in five movements, for choir and chamber orchestra

Mvmt V

Mvmt IV

Mvmt III

Mvmt II

Mvmt I

"Son of Blackbeard (Original Motion Picture Score)"

Written and Directed by Thomas Verdi
Composed by Nat Jenkins

Soundtrack Produced by Nat Jenkins

Mixed and Mastered by Nat Jenkins

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