Bright Sunlit Morning

Ralph Hultgren

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General Info

Year: 2002 / 2005
Duration: c. 11:30
Difficulty: (see Ratings for explanation)
Publisher: Studio Music
Cost: Score and Parts (print) - €118.17

Instrumentation

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Errata

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Program Notes

[On a] Bright Sunlit Morning was written in response to the tragic events of September 11, 2001. Hultgren, a converted Christian, was seeking for a way to deal with his grief and frustration when he read a Psalm about turning evil to good. He decided to set the Psalm to music.

“It is a response from an Australian about an American event,” Peterson [Donald Peterson, director of bands at BYU] said. “Ralph said BYU is a good place to perform the piece as the Psalm will be appreciated because of the religious emphasis.”

- Program Note from Brigham Young University concert program, 3 November 2017

N.B. Brigham Young University presented this work under the title On a Bright Sunlit Morning. All other sources title it Bright Sunlit Morning.

Media

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State Ratings

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Performances

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University of North Florida (Jacksonville) Wind Symphony (Erin Bodnar, conductor; John Daugherty, baritone) - 7 April 2021
Quad City Wind Ensemble (Davenport, Iowa) (Brian Hughes, conductor; Saul Noche, baritone) – 21 October 2018
Brigham Young University (Provo, Utah) Wind Symphony (Don L. Peterson, conductor; Darrell Babidge, baritone) – 3 November 2017

Works for Winds by This Composer

And Enoch Walked With God
...and tears no bitterness (2019)
April 25th, 1915 (2000)
Arachnophobia (2014)
An Australian Rhapsody (1987)
Bright Sunlit Morning (2002/2005)
Bushdance (1991)
Beyond The Frontier
Celebration of Life (1995)
Concert Prelude (1995/2001)
Concertino for Wind Orchestra (2011/2018)
Eden's Coast and the Sea (1995)
Eminence
Grand March - The Australian Land
Immortal! Invisible!
Jessie's Well (2010)
Many Paths (Millen Kulgun)
Moto Perpetuo
Of Stories Told
Pacific Preamble (1988)
Pageant (Hultgren)
Pioneers
Rejoice! Be Glad! (2017)
Simple Song (2003)
That I May Love (2017)
Whirr, Whirr, Whirr!!! (2001)
White Noise (2009)

Resources

Hultgren, R. (2002). Bright sunlit morning : a personal reflection on the events in the United States of America on the morning of September 11th, 2001 [score]. Brolga Music: Red Hill, Qld., Aus.
Ralph Hultgren website Accessed 7 April 2021
"Wind Symphony Presents Melodies from Down Under." BYU Arts. 18 October 2017. Web. Accessed 3 November 2017