We Toast The Days

$2.00

My best-seller! Originally written to be sung at midnight on New Year’s Eve with friends and family as a new kind of ‘Auld Lang Syne’, this grew into a full-fledged choral piece that evokes nostalgia and warmth through the dark days of winter. From quartets to large choirs, it has been performed by community choirs, high schools, and professional groups such as Lumina, Lorelei, and Cantus.

Poet/Lyricist: Linda Kachelmeier

Available Voicings: SSAA, or SATB

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When the clock strikes twelve and another year has gone,
I give a kiss to you
As remembrance of the past we have shared and the future yet to come.
We toast the days, both good and bad,
the old friends and the new.
When the clock strikes twelve and another year has gone,
I give a kiss to you.
While the night is long and the bitter cold has come,
we lengthen our embrace
To sustain us as we mourn our regrets and the fear of days unknown.
We toast the days…
As we stand on the edge of another bright new year,
I take your hand in mine
With assurance of the courage we will find
and the hope that leads us on.
We toast the days…

The post-production phase of this recording project (Be All Merry — Signum Classics) took place as the world grappled with the outbreak of COVID-19. American composer Linda Kachelmeier’s piece–We Toast the Days serves as a reminder of the strength, love, and hope that resonated throughout the world not simply at Christmastide but also during periods of hardship.

– Desmond Earley, Artistic Director, the Choral Scholars of University College Dublin

Read Inspired Choir’s Colleen McNickle’s feature of We Toast the Days including teacher resources and discussion guides here.

 

Premiered at the Schubert Club, Saint Paul, Minnesota

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Voicing

SATB, SSAA

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