Premiere by Toronto based British composer Imogen Hall
Performed at "Social Justice" concert
Live in concert March 2019, Church of the Redeemer
Poem by Edgar Guest
Conductor: Cheryll Chung
LYRICS
Is anybody happier because you passed his way?
Does anyone remember that you spoke to him today?
This day is almost over, and its toiling time is through;
Is there anyone to utter now a kindly word of you?
Did you give a cheerful greeting to the friend who came along?
Or a churlish sort of “Howdy” and then vanish in the throng?
Were you selfish pure and simple as you rushed along the way,
Or is someone mighty grateful for a deed you did today?
Can you say tonight, in parting with the day that’s slipping fast,
That you helped a single brother of the many that you passed?
Is a single heart rejoicing over what you did or said;
Does a man whose hopes were fading now with courage look ahead?
Did you waste the day, or lose it, was it well or sorely spent?
Did you leave a trail of kindness or a scar of discontent?
As you close your eyes in slumber do you think that God would say,
You have earned one more tomorrow by the work you did today?

Singers: Rachel Barreca, Emilie Brancato, Mary Chiu, Jerome Chang, Maureen Clark, Stewart Cruikshank, Erica Frederiksen, Imogen Hall, Jimmy Martins, Medan MacDonald, Jaan Medri, Barbara Medri, Paul Newman, Lindsay Newman, Kristin Ostensen, Mark Wood- Soloman, Jacqueline Teh