The Lone Wild Bird

for SSAA chorus and piano

by Emily Hope

This sweet and gentle setting of a classic Southern Harmony hymn features the Alto section in its first verse, then opens out into a joyful depiction of the sensation of flight. The second verse features birdcalls in the piano accompaniment.

Recording by First Readings Project.

This recording is of the SATB version of the piece, which can be found here.

SKU: EHE-002 Categories: Choral Music, Treble Voices

Descriptive Tags:	Birds, Christian, Comfort, Devotion, Flight, Folk Hymn, Hymn, Nature, New Hymn Settings
Difficulty:	Intermediate
Duration:	1-5 Minutes
Instrumentation:	Piano
Language:	English
Sacred or Secular:	Sacred
Voicing:	SSAA

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