Choral Choir (SATB) - Digital Download
SKU: A0.835805
Composed by Paul Burnell. A Cappella,Contemporary. Octavo. 11 pages. Paul Burnell #3570739. Published by Paul Burnell (A0.835805).
A Birthday, composed by Paul Burnell in 2017
Duration 2:25
For voices SATB with optional piano
Written for Ian Assersohn and Leatherhead Choral Society in celebration of the choir's 90th anniversary in 2018. The piece was the winner of the LCS International Composition Competition.
Text by Christina Rossetti (1830 - 1894)
'A Birthday' may be performed a cappella or with the accompanying piano part.
Programme note:
Christina Georgina Rossetti (1830 - 1894) was an English poet famous for writing the words of the Christmas carol 'In the Bleak Midwinter'.
Her poem 'A Birthday' was written in 1857 and first published in the April 1861 issue of 'Macmillan’s Magazine', a popular British monthly periodical. In 1862 the poem was included in Rossetti's first full-published collection: 'Goblin Market and Other Poems'.