SATB with Bass divisi and piano
Listen at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yoSIoLUZlA
Tenor line may be doubled by second altos in TB and SATB sections if this benefits the balance. It will also make the second altos very happy as they will have the tune!
Listen at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yoSIoLUZlA
Tenor line may be doubled by second altos in TB and SATB sections if this benefits the balance. It will also make the second altos very happy as they will have the tune!
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SUMMER SKY
This piece sets words by Joseph Seamon Cotter Snr, the son of a former slave and one of the first African-American poets to be published, combined with a poem by American author Angela Morgan. The first, Night Winds asks how the wind can be lonely with such companions as the moon and stars, the second, Choice speaks of a lost love and how the writer holds onto thoughts of a loved one who has moved on because no one can make her feel the same way. The piece is written in memory of my Aunty Brenda who met and married my Uncle Francis late in life, adored him during their time together and after he died felt herself lucky to have known him. A wonderful lady who always saw the sunshine in everything. www.alisonwillis.com
Night Winds:
The slender moon in its silvery sheen,
The golden stars with the blue between
Of a dreamy, summer sky;
And still the night winds sigh.
With the silvery moon to whisper to,
And the golden stars to kiss, mid the blue
Of a listening, summer sky,
Why should the night winds sigh?
Choice (extracts from):
I'd rather have the thought of you
To hold against my heart…
With west winds blowing,
I'd rather have the theme of you
To thread my nights and days…
With west winds blowing,
This piece sets words by Joseph Seamon Cotter Snr, the son of a former slave and one of the first African-American poets to be published, combined with a poem by American author Angela Morgan. The first, Night Winds asks how the wind can be lonely with such companions as the moon and stars, the second, Choice speaks of a lost love and how the writer holds onto thoughts of a loved one who has moved on because no one can make her feel the same way. The piece is written in memory of my Aunty Brenda who met and married my Uncle Francis late in life, adored him during their time together and after he died felt herself lucky to have known him. A wonderful lady who always saw the sunshine in everything. www.alisonwillis.com
Night Winds:
The slender moon in its silvery sheen,
The golden stars with the blue between
Of a dreamy, summer sky;
And still the night winds sigh.
With the silvery moon to whisper to,
And the golden stars to kiss, mid the blue
Of a listening, summer sky,
Why should the night winds sigh?
Choice (extracts from):
I'd rather have the thought of you
To hold against my heart…
With west winds blowing,
I'd rather have the theme of you
To thread my nights and days…
With west winds blowing,