SATB - 4 Part Mixed - Virtue: Sweet Day, So Calm, So Cool: George Herbert/Kenneth Jennings (SATB)

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Virtue: Sweet Day, So Calm, So Cool: George Herbert/Kenneth Jennings (SATB)

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No. 6 of 8 "spiritual songs" - may be sung individually, in various groupings, or as a complete set.

From the music's back page:
"In this poem, endings that occur inevitably in nature are contrasted with the virtuous soul. Day falls into night, the rose fades with time, Spring comes to an end, and music, George Herbert's particular love and delight, also has its cadences ("closes") or endings. In the final stanza we become aware that the poem, patterned on a carpe diem ("sieze the day!") secular genre, is really a spiritual allegory. Unlike the world of the natural order, only the virtuous soul, like stalwart "seasoned timber" survives the final conflagration. Sing the phrases, mostly eight measures in length, as long sweeping musical arcs moving to and from the high point at the middle of each line. Savor the sound and meanings of each word. Tempo should move along comfortably."