For double choir and solo violin, taken from the larger work Whispers on the Prairie Wind for orchestra and choir which premiered in 2015 with the subtitle Farewell to My Friend. This is a
A lovely and dreamy setting, with the rich textures of a Paul Laurence Dunbar text: "If you could sit with me beside the sea today, and whisper with me the dreamings...."
A lush, warm, and flowing setting of this sacred text in the way only Esenvalds can do it. Absolutely stunning.
Set for a cappella choir to a poem by Bengali poet and musician Rabindranath Tagore. The heartwarming music takes up the inspirational spiritual message of the poem: that we live our lives in one salutation
Beautiful work for choir and handbells featuring a Sara Teasdale text set homophonically.
Sara Teasdale's poetry and Esenvald's choral writing combine to create a lovely piece for mixed divisi choirs. An improvised guitar accompaniment and soprano soloist add to the choral texture created by the
This stunning a cappella work for divisi chorus and six water-tuned glasses utilizes a text by Sara Teasdale. Widely performed by festival and collegiate choirs, and recorded by VOCES8, this beautiful