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A tender ballad of unconditional love |
Hafiz / Daniel Ladinsky |
Low voice, piano
Medium voice, piano
High voice, piano |
M |
https://www.seafarerpress.com/sites/seafarerpress.advantagelabs.com/files/Track%208%20-%20A%20Love%20Like%20That%20%28excerpt%29.mp3 |
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An affirmation of doubt, that vital component of belief |
Elizabeth Alexander |
SATB, piano
SSAA, piano
|
M |
https://www.seafarerpress.com/sites/seafarerpress.advantagelabs.com/files/works_variant_audio_files/cherish_your_doubt_ssaa.mp3 |
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A centuries-old protest song, recast with wit and defiance |
16th c. German protest song / Elizabeth Alexander |
SATB, piano OR
Alto voice, baritone voice, piano
|
ME |
https://www.seafarerpress.com/sites/seafarerpress.advantagelabs.com/files/works_variant_audio_files/recording-die_gedanken_sind_frei_duet.mp3 |
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A soulfully inflected affirmation, with a dazzling final chord |
Rabindranath Tagore |
SSA a cappella
|
M |
https://www.seafarerpress.com/sites/seafarerpress.advantagelabs.com/files/works_variant_audio_files/faith_is_the_bird_that_feels_the_light_ssa.mp3 |
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A bold meditation on conflict, communication and compassion |
Elizabeth Alexander |
SATB, SAB, piano
SATB, soloists, piano
SSA, SAB, piano
SSA, soloists, piano
|
M |
https://www.seafarerpress.com/sites/seafarerpress.advantagelabs.com/files/works_variant_audio_files/fighting_over_what_we_believe_satb_%26_soloists.mp3 |
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A fast-paced, blues-inflected delivery of hard truth and deep love |
Langston Hughes |
SSATB, piano
|
MA |
https://www.seafarerpress.com/sites/seafarerpress.advantagelabs.com/files/works_variant_audio_files/recording-folks_im_telling_you.mp3 |
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A rousing song of commission, with an "anti-hellfire-and-brimstone" message |
John Murray (as rendered by Alfred S. Cole) |
SATB, piano
|
M |
https://www.seafarerpress.com/sites/seafarerpress.advantagelabs.com/files/works_variant_audio_files/recording-go_out_0.mp3 |
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A genre-defying “instruction manual,” as whimsical and varied as the singing planet which inspired it. |
Elizabeth Alexander |
SATB, piano
TTB, piano
|
M-MA |
https://www.seafarerpress.com/sites/seafarerpress.advantagelabs.com/files/works_variant_audio_files/recording-how_to_sing_like_a_planet_satb.mp3 |
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An isolated poet offers words of struggle and connection to her imagined readers |
George Ella Lyon |
SSA choir, flute, violin, piano
OR
SSA trio, flute, violin, piano
|
MA |
https://www.seafarerpress.com/sites/seafarerpress.advantagelabs.com/files/works_variant_audio_files/i_write_this_poem_out_of_darkness.mp3 |
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A complex view of the world, both upbeat and real |
Elizabeth Alexander |
SATB, piano
SSAA, piano
|
M |
https://www.seafarerpress.com/sites/seafarerpress.advantagelabs.com/files/works_variant_audio_files/life_is_not_a_garden_ssaa.mp3 |
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A "roll up your sleeves" embrace of gratitude, work, healing and joy |
Elizabeth Alexander |
S children's choir, SATB, piano, flute (opt.), 2 trumpets (opt.)
|
M |
https://www.seafarerpress.com/sites/seafarerpress.advantagelabs.com/files/works_variant_audio_files/may_this_be_a_working_alleluia.mp3 |
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A sassy take on a wise old saying |
Dutch proverb / Elizabeth Alexander |
2 medium voices, piano
|
M |
https://www.seafarerpress.com/sites/seafarerpress.advantagelabs.com/files/samples/recording-no_one_gets_a_program..mp3 |
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An allegory of life's beauty, transience and continuity |
Elizabeth Alexander |
Low voice, piano
|
M |
https://www.seafarerpress.com/sites/seafarerpress.advantagelabs.com/files/samples/recording-on_the_edge_of_the_water.mp3 |
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A warm-hearted affirmation of the divine spark in each child |
Rob Eller-Isaacs & Bill Neely |
SATB a cappella
|
ME |
https://www.seafarerpress.com/sites/seafarerpress.advantagelabs.com/files/samples/one_more_redeemer.mp3 |
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A compelling look at the human slavery, both through the ages and in our own time |
Elizabeth Alexander |
SSAA a cappella
|
MA |
https://www.seafarerpress.com/sites/seafarerpress.advantagelabs.com/files/works_variant_audio_files/recording-reasons_for_the_perpetuation_of_slavery_ssaa_0.mp3 |
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An expansive embrace of the sacredness of all creation |
Elizabeth Alexander |
Low voice, piano
Medium/high voice, piano
|
M |
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A buoyant a cappella riff on humility, gratitude and second chances |
Garrison Keillor |
TTBB a cappella
|
M |
https://www.seafarerpress.com/sites/seafarerpress.advantagelabs.com/files/samples/tomorrow_god_willing_ttbb.mp3 |
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A Chinese proverb affirms the interdependent natures of Light, Beauty, Harmony, Honor and Peace |
Chinese proverb |
SAB a cappella
SATB a cappella
SSA a cappella
TTB a cappella
|
ME |
https://www.seafarerpress.com/sites/seafarerpress.advantagelabs.com/files/samples/where_there_is_light_in_the_soul_sab.mp3 |
