Are Friends Delight or Pain

for double SATB chorus (SATB + SATB)

by Michael Kaulkin

Michael Kaulkin · "Are Friends Delight Or Pain" from CYCLE OF FRIENDS

“Are Friends Delight or Pain?” is a brief a cappella double-choir movement (SATB + SATB, ~1’45”) excerpted from Cycle of Friends, setting Emily Dickinson’s epigram with concentrated intensity. The entire piece rests on a single sustained E—a pedal point whose meaning keeps shifting as the harmony moves through changing modes and colors.

SKU: SWM-002a Categories: Choral Music, Mixed Voices Instrumentation: Choral

Descriptive Tags:	Friendship
Voicing:	SATB+SATB
Instrumentation:	A Cappella
Language:	English
Sacred or Secular:	Secular

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