Ships That Pass in the Night P.O.D.

Text by Paul Laurence Dunbar, this piece rolls and tumbles in harmony and density as the rolling and fading of waves carrying Dunbar's ships that seem forever out of reach. Featuring a (safe to use and easy to prepare) piano preparation that will transform one of the keys into the distant bell of a ship, an ethereal middle section that lets the piano take the reins before the choir emerges from an aleatoric pad into a triumphant hail to the beauteous world, only to recede to the solitary shore, this piece is sure to enchant an audience. For SATB (divisi) & piano