A cappella SATB choir -
intermediate to advanced
SKU: HL.49046367
For SATB choir a
cappella. Composed by
Pierre Jalbert. Sheet
music. Edition Schott.
Octavo. Composed 2019.
Duration 12'. Schott
Music #ED 30323.
Published by Schott Music
(HL.49046367).
ISBN
9781540083876. UPC:
840126906288.
7.0x10.5x0.14 inches.
English -
Latin.
This cycle
of five contrasting songs
takes its title from the
poem of Robert Frost. The
various texts in the
piece reference both
inner space and outer
space, both within
oneself and in
interstellar space. The
first song speaks of
places of emptiness and
fear, but also of home.
The second song, with a
text by Sappho,
references the lovely
moon and stars. The third
song, with a text by
Whitman taken from 'On
the Beach at Night
Alone', uses the repeated
word 'all' to present a
sense of the infinite.
The fourth song, with a
text by William Cullen
Bryant, is a fast thrill
ride beginning with the
words, 'Away, away!'. The
cycle ends with a
meditation on the words
'Lux Aeterna'. Pierre
Jalbert.