Visions
SATB choir English Horn (or soprano sax), cello and percussion or piano
Steven Paxton’s VISIONS for SATB choir is a moving setting of the poem by Wisconsin poet Charlotte A. Cote: “You catch sometimes a glimpse of forever — a lake… .” It was commissioned by Paul Rusterholz and the La Crosse Chamber Chorale in celebration of the 1998 Wisconsin Sesquicentennial. Two versions are available, one with piano accompaniment, and the other with English horn (or soprano saxophone), cello, and percussion.
SKU: SPN-021
Categories: Choral Music, Mixed Voices
| Descriptive Tags: | American, Earth Week, Forest, Fruitful Earth, Nature, River, Stream, trees, Water |
| Difficulty: | Advanced Student, Advanced |
| Duration: | 1-5 Minutes, 5-10 Minutes |
| Language: | English |
| Sacred or Secular: | Secular |
| Season or Event: | Autumn, Concert, Thanksgiving |
| Voicing: | SATB |
| Instrumentation: | Cello, Cor anglais, optional piano, Percussion |
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