Partiture per coro

The primary melody, which is built on a mixolydian scale, features an augmentation of the rhythm and change of meter on the final phrase, “Glory to God...”

In these five succint poems, Diane Vreuls expresses a full range of emotions. The process of learning this music must begin by savoring Vreuls' texts.

The Pima Indian text was collected in the nineteenth century. Ideas expressed in the text are depicted in musical metaphors: the vocal parts twist and run, build and fade.

This familiar song is set with very simple ideas which complement and support the motion of the beautiful melody. The accompanying voices can be learned quickly, for they sing like melodies and progre...

The poignant story told in this ballad is sensitively developed in the texture and range of both the vocal lines and piano accompaniment. The shift from 2/4 to 6/8 and the eventual superimposition of...

The focus of this poetic text is on the mother, and the special feelings of mothers worldwide. It is a lullaby, simple, with a gentle sense of awe.

This setting of a prayer from the traditional Requiem mass uses added-tone harmonies and repetition to create a serene, prayerful mood.

Taivas on Sininen expresses the longing of youth (and all people) to voice care and concerns about the world and to express the secrets of our hearts.

The melodic material of Chatter with the Angels is pentatonic. Optional improvisatory section for either solfa or Orff instruments.

Equally a memorial and a sincere tribute to the cycles of life, this reverent work features shapely and contemplative melodies unfolding over a gently undulating piano accompaniment. Newly arranged fo...

Chor unisono und Klavier