In this setting, the text is repeated in fragments, and not in its usual three-fold form used in liturgy today. Musically, the phrases are formed in continual motion of uninterrupted breath. With two Trumpets. (4:00)
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with Percussion
DetailsPublisher: Boosey & HawkesPublication Date: 06/2004Credits: Lee KesselmanPages: 12Length: 10.50 in.Width: 6.75 in.Series: Building BridgesFormat: SSAA a cappellaUPC: 073999974423Voicing: 4 Part A Cappella
Nothing comes easily in life, but, as poet Sarah Teasdale assures us, life holds such treasures that we must give our all and “never count the cost.”
DetailsPublisher: Boosey & HawkesPublication Date: 06/2004Credits: Frank DeWaldPages:...
The main idea behind this unique work is that music is the ultimate gift and that all things must pass. Opening with a Latin phrase and theme by di Lassus, it moves into a jaunty, Celtic-flavored tune with a text constructed from anecdotes written...
This piece conveys the very important idea that we hold within us the power to “bless or curse the world.” Scored for SAB (or SA with optional audience part) chorus and piano three hands.
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Text from Shakespeare's The Tempest. This piece acts as a kind of spectrum which both breaks a unity into diverse colors, and reassembles the diverse colors into a unity.
DetailsPublisher: Boosey & HawkesPublication Date: 06/2004Credits: Stephen...
The setting of this text speaks of comfort to those who have lost a loved one. It also observes that even though a loved one has departed, there is a certain sense of connectedness that we still feel, which has been imparted by the...
Now available in several voicings and sung completely in Hebrew, this delightful Israeli song, with its text based on a song from the Old Testament “Song of Solomon,” is an excellent multicultural experience for choirs. Both a...
Weaving together the melodies and texts of three Korean folk songs, Stephen Hatfield has created a seven-minute suite that suggests two contrasting moods of romantic longing – one full of vigor and action, the other more reflective. Scored for...
Weaving together the melodies and texts of three Korean folk songs, Stephen Hatfield has created a seven-minute suite that suggests two contrasting moods of romantic longing – one full of vigor and action, the other more reflective. Scored for...
This exquisite and evocative text by Joy Harjo speaks of beauty, of openness, of movement, of knowledge, of reverence, of prayerfulness, of authenticity. Our identity is with the eagle – its circles of motion reflect the circles of our lives,...
