Greg Bartholomew Compositions - Tree, The-POD: Greg Bartholomew (SATB)

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Tree, The-POD: Greg Bartholomew (SATB)

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A charming setting for unaccompanied SATB choir of the poem by American transcendental poet Jones Very (1813 - 1880). Transcendentalists viewed Nature as awe-inspiring, all-powerful and full of dangerous beauty. Although nature can be cruel, it can also revive the soul and help to recapture lost innocence. Often described as a transcendental madman, Jones Very wrote poetry praised by Emerson, and his eloquent ode to a tree is simple and lovely. Composed at the 2003 Oxford Summer Institutes at Lehigh, where it received a reading by the Princeton Singers under the direction of Steven Sametz, and premiered by the American University Chamber Singers under the direction of Daniel Abraham. (Duration: 3:00)