Beyond Grief
This setting is ideally suited for a good chamber choir with a high soprano soloist. Julie Myers’ beautiful poem suggests to the composer a journey from darkness to light, from despair to hope, and this is reflected in the music, which should be performed simply, but with expressiveness and conviction.
Voicing: | SATB |
Difficulty: | Advanced |
Descriptive Tags: | Comfort, Inspiration, Singing, Sympathy |
Season or Event: | General |
Instrumentation: | A Cappella |
Sacred or Secular: | Secular |
Language: | English |
Duration: | 1-5 Minutes |
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