Why I Wake Early (2006)

Eight Poems of Mary Oliver for Mixed Chorus, String Quartet and Piano

... Commissioned by Chatham Chorale, Inc., celebrating 20 years with Director Margaret T. Bossi, and New Amsterdam Singers, celebrating 40 years with Music Director Clara Longstreth ...

Perera, Ronald (born in 1941) [ USA ]

Text by Oliver, Mary (born in 1935)
Edition
Published by Pear Tree Press Music Publishers [USA] , 2007
Ref. : 481a  (87 p.)
Type of material: Full score
Copyright : Ronald Perera
 
Description
Text in: English
Epoque: 21st century  (2001-2010)
Genre-Style-Form: Secular ; Contemporary
Mood of the piece: serene ; rhythmic ; broad ; flowing ; bouncing ; dramatic ; calm
Type of Choir: SATB  (4 mixed voices )
Instrumentation: String quartet + piano  (5 instrumental part(s))
Instruments: Violin (2) ; Viola (1) ; Cello (1) ; Piano (1)
Difficulty choir (incr.from 1 to 5): 3
Difficulty conductor (incr.from A to E): C
Tonality: tonal ; chromatic
Duration: 25.0 min.