"Vision of Night Snow in White Light" genre: Classical General
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	A Soprano and Piano setting of the poem of the same name by my brother, Eric Nelson. First song of two-song cycle (On the Shore is second piece) Note: If you are interested in performing or purchasing this piece, please email me at brian@nelsonmusic.com
	CD: The Reconciliation   Label: Musica Dei Credits: Brian J. Nelson - Composer, Eric Nelson - Poet
	Story Behind the Song This two-song cycle begins with the impersonal and apocalyptic Vision of Night Snow in White Light. The text, by the composer's brother Eric Nelson, describes a vision of suns and moons blazing as they fall, "descending as angels" in to the waiting seas of the Earth. The movement closes with quiet but troubled chords leading to the second song. On the Shore is set to a text by the composer and is very lyrical as it explores the existential loneliness a man walking alone on the shores of the sea. The song draws quietly to a close and is, on an emotional level, somewhat unresolved. -Brian Nelson Lyrics The Universe's stars are falling, sinking with violence from their lofty abodes. Pitching down, cracking the black skull, and plunging headlong through the yawning abyss. Suns and moons surge and fall, cords of alabaster tangle and cascade, binding the stained sky with chains, thrashing the night with order and disdain, descending as angels. -Eric Nelson

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