Choral Choir (SATB divisi) - Level 5 - Digital Download
SKU: A0.1086990
Composed by Alan Bullard. A Cappella,Classical,Contemporary. Octavo. 51 pages. Colne Edition / BullardMusic #691185. Published by Colne Edition / BullardMusic (A0.1086990).
A Year in a Day, for SSAATTBB unaccompanied. Duration c.16 minutes
The five movements of 'A Year in a Day' bring a wide range of colour and texture to the various seasons, and treat fragments of text in an almost symphonic way, by turns gentle and expressive, humorous, and excitingly forceful.
1. Winter Dawn (lines from Tennyson's In Memoriam)
2. Spring Morning (one line from Gerard Manley Hopkins' Spring)
3. Summer Afternoon (anonymous lines)
4. Autumn Twilight (lines from William Watson's Autumn, and from Robert Bridges' November)
5. Winter Night (Emily Bronte: The night is darkening round me)
Alan Bullard’s choral works are performed worldwide, and many have been recorded and broadcast. He has a growing reputation for music that choirs enjoy performing, and which speaks directly to audiences.
The Colne Choral Series contains a range of Bullard’s pieces for adult and youth choirs of all types, including cantatas and choral suites as well as individual movements. For full details please visit www.colneedition.co.uk or www.alanbullard.co.uk.
