This new take on the Christmas spirit takes the first three stanzas from Alfred, Lord Tennyson’s In Memoriam, canto XXVIII, and paints a provincial soundscape of a December English
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Can a cradle rock in 5/4? This one does, carrying the listener off to faraway harmonic regions and chromatic ideas before returning to a reassuring final cadence in A major.
Young poets write about home in ways both immediate and profound: a place, the things in those places, beloved people and pets, the familiar sounds, smells, and tastes. This music is a kaleidoscope of
Vachel Lindsay's poem is subtitled "A Poem Game," and this musical setting is a bit of a game as well - a game of skill as the text provides tongue-twisting turns for the singers. That and the interesting
The composer carefully and cleverly depicts the pairs of opposites and then musically resolves them into one perfect whole. Each resolution rises to a new level so that the final concept, eternity, bursts
In this innovative work, the choir paints the bucolic scene with vocal illustrations: buzzing like bees, singing quasi-overtones, and emulating wind sounds. Otherwise a cappella harmonies are supplemented
A classic hymn with a tender text from beloved hymn writer Fanny Crosby receives an expanded setting that is both accessible and interesting. A cappella, with some divisi, the piece migrates through several
This is a choral mini-drama that, through intense and chaotic vocal lines and harmonies, depicts the emotions surrounding the Crucifixion. The text includes the last words of Christ as well as a elements