A Winter Ride (SAB & Piano) Level 3
A Winter Ride (SAB & Piano) Level 3
Purchased download includes: Vocal (piano) score, an MP3 recording, individual voice part recordings, and a “hard copy” site license giving permission to create and use copies for all members of their specific ensemble.
"A Winter Ride"
A Winter Ride is No. 3 in the collection "Moments Immortal", a collection of pieces set to texts by Amy Lowell. It is a level 3 piece for SAB Choir & Piano and would be a great fit for middle school or young high school choirs.
Within the text of this poem is the phrase "Everything mortal has moments Immortal", the genesis of title for the collection of Amy Lowell poems set by Brian Story. The poem evokes the images of horse and rider running down a road between fields of fresh fallen snow on a bright sunny day and the joy of the wind and sunlight creating absolute joy and oneness with the earth!
The accompaniment and choral setting sets the mood of the horse and rider rollicking with joyful abandonment between the fields of "wild heather", the "crystals rainbowed by the sun", and "the touch of the wind".
Text
A Winter Ride - Amy Lowell
Who shall declare the joy of the running!
Who shall tell of the pleasures of flight!
Springing and spurning the tufts of wild heather,
Sweeping, wide-winged, through the blue dome of light.
Everything mortal has moments immortal,
Swift and God-gifted, immeasurably bright.
So with the stretch of the white road before me,
Shining snow crystals rainbowed by the sun,
Fields that are white, stained with long, cool, blue shadows,
Strong with the strength of my horse as we run.
Joy in the touch of the wind and the sunlight!
Joy! With the vigorous earth I am one.